Existence precedes essence

The Earth is the only known place that can sustain and create life. What happens if it can no longer serve its purpose? In Cormac McCarthy’s The Road, the world can no longer be seen as lush, green, or even inhabitable. Animals and vegetation have rapidly died off and there less consumable matter exists as each day passes. Similarly, humans are struggling to survive the harsh conditions of this reality; some people turn to cannibalistic habits in order to receive their next meal. However, this…

An important topic within metaphysical philosophy is theodicy, which works to justify the existence of God even though evil exists. John Hick and Steven Cahn in their respective works, “The Problem of Evil” and “The Problem of Good”, provide valid arguments for the existence and probable non existence of God in the presence of good and evil. Through the reversal of Hick’s argument, I feel that Cahn establishes the illogic behind Hick’s view and proves that because both good and bad will always…

moving forward against the brutal difficulties in her fate and the society of colossal absurdity with the sexual double standard. Likewise, the existence of villain Alec also assists the existence of Tess. Even though Alec reaches to her as if the snake once did to Eve in the Bible, she only can exist as a pure being because of his existence as an evil character. As human body is destroyed without gravity, difficulties are ironically the essentials for human to grow up. Alec, in the case,…

(A) Yahweh's achievement in latter days (4:1a) (1) bə’aḥărît hayyāmîm (in the latter days) denote the final period of history and is not an expression for the end of history. The prophet's future was not eschatology. It means "a future that is not presently discernible." It denotes "in varying contexts a remote future that paradoxically reverse the present situation and at the same time brings to a fitting outcome that toward which it is striving." There is a sense of conclusiveness but…

The Existence of God The existence of God has been debated through the history of man. Many philosophers argue that they may or may not be a God or the idea that many different Gods exist. But if you think logical you will realize the debate on God existence can be seen as a myth for many reason. The lack of knowledge or the limited knowledge of God existing leaves behind a gap in history. Therefore, the possibly idea of finding a missing part of history is impossible. The reality of it all is…

Fallacies A fallacy I notice in a song is The Appeal to Tradition. The song is by Weird Al & it’s called “Weasel Stomping Day,”. In the lyrics it talks about a fictional holiday, in which people spread mayonnaise across their lawns. These people put on viking helmets as well as hiking boots and smash weasels to death. The song also states “It’s tradition, that makes it okay” basically saying that despicable acts are tolerated if they’re tradition. People deny that aliens exist because humans…

Diana: Aquinas, I have come from the future to understand your argument in regard to God’s existence. My philosophy class sent me to figure out if your argument will help a future philosopher’s theory about meaning and purpose. Aquinas: Well, who is this philosopher you speak of? Diana: The philosopher is William Lane Craig. Aquinas: I have not heard of him. Diana: Well, of course not! He is from the future. Aquinas: Despite this man being from the future, I am still interested in what he has…

Two philosophers by the name of William James – supporter of religious belief without sufficient evidence – and Richard Feldman – a supporter of Clifford’s Principle – argue their side in separate essays on what to think about beliefs. James denies that one must always use sufficient evidence and insist on using a set of rules called “hypotheses”. When all three hypotheses are used at once, then it leads to the final answer known as a “genuine” option. Feldman disagrees with James and uses…

In Thomas Aquinas’ Summa Theologiae article one and two, he demonstrates the concepts of: goodness in human actions, man’s objective of happiness, and how a human’s good action contributes to partaking in God. The Aquinas’ main argument is simply that what actions make it good or bad. In first article begins with the question regarding if our actions we as humans are good. The answer that Aquinas provides is a yes due to that every act of a man does is good and evil does not come from the…

status of ultimate change” (Martin, 2006). Ludwig Feuerbach, a German philosopher played an instrumental part in this transition and his book was known to have influenced integral figures such as Marx. “Feuerbach articulated and/or presaged the existence of process philosophy and his book had a significant influence on philosophers such as Marx and Engles” (Martin, 2006). Ultimately, process philosophy has become relative to many and has had an impact on Government to personal…