Existence

Blaise Pascal (1623-1662), a Fideist and a seventeenth-century French philosopher, states through his Wager that if we are unsure of God’s existence, then we should believe in Him rather than risk not believing in Him resulting in harsh consequences. David Hume (1711-1776), an Evidentialist and a Scottish Philosopher, states his skepticism of miracles through his beliefs. While Pascal states to believe in God through his Wager and Hume discusses his disbelief in miracles, both are sufficient and…

I think that if 'cogito ergo sum ' is the foundation of Descartes ' project in the Meditations, the existence of God is the cornerstone that joins the internal and the external world, making knowledge possible beyond the sole account of the self. Therefore, God 's existence has a major role in the overall argument - it is that which enables the thinker to take the first steps towards the 'unification of sciences '. However, in my opinion, it is not employed correctly, as Descartes, in…

prove God’s existence. Consequently, I find his argument compelling because I believe he is elevating human qualities or possibly attempting to liberate Descartes’ ideas of human doubt and imperfection. Spinoza builds his argument for the existence of God and thus qualities of human nature with general propositions; for example, in contrast with Descartes’ view: Spinoza suggests one substance cannot be produced by another substance. In comparable to Descartes’ assertion that God’s existence is…

the existence of god. However, only one seems interesting to me and that was the ontological argument. There are so many who studied this argument that I find it so interesting to see how they all found it and explained it. The ontological argument is the argument based on reason. It is based on the very being of God. With this argument there is no need for finding physical evidence for the existence of God. It attempts to prove the existence of God by the word and meaning of God (existence,…

Existence of God The argument about Gods existence is one of the most exploited subjects among different scholars and philosophers in the world. It is a question that most people have been defeated to tackle in the sense that, no significant evidence has been set to dispute or acknowledge the fact that God exists. In this context, it is still an ongoing process, and therefore different people have set different explanations. To most individuals and religious groups in the world, the existence…

Then the cosmological argument is the argument that the existence of the world or universe is strong evidence for the existence of a God who created it. The existence of the universe, the argument claims, stands in need of explanation, and the only adequate explanation of its existence is that it was created by God. In simple words, cosmological argument for exsitence of god is this argument was argue that the cause of those things existence had be a “god-typed” thing, argument go all the way…

Significant evidence for God’s existence has failed to settle the ongoing debate regarding whether or not God exists. Philosophers have formulated theories to either prove or disprove God’s existence. Evidently, there is not a correct theory since God’s existence can actually ever be proven, however, there are philosophers who are more successful in arguing for their views of God’s existence compared to other philosophers. Thomas Aquinas, a renowned philosopher and regarded as one of the…

supremely perfect being. A supremely perfect being has all perfections. Existence is a predicate of a perfect being, therefore, God must exist to avoid being self-contradictory. Therefore, God exists. Moreover, existence is a predicate of God, because as a most perfect being, God must possess existence, otherwise he would not be perfect. In Descartes mind, the very essence of God includes or entails his existence and existence belongs analytically to God, in fact it is a self-evident truth.…

legitimacy is based upon further assumptions. A third judgement is a determining judgement. A judgement is defined as determining if it logically brings a narrow concept to a more general concept. Explain why Descartes’ argument for the existence of God in…

Do you agree with the ontological argument for god’s existence? Why or why not? 1. Introduction For the vast majority of human history our intellectual power has been directed at trying to prove the existence of gods, I will be looking at an argument for god/s existence called the Ontological argument. I will start by giving the history of this argument and how it was built, and then I will be giving my own personal opinion on the ontological argument. 2.1 What is an ontological argument? The…