Existence

The existence of God has been a topic that has been widely debated and discussed by various philosophers throughout past centuries. Even though it is nearly impossible to prove beyond a shadow of doubt that God definitely exists, His presence is still felt through the evidence of his work. The fact that God is not something made up of matter and not someone we are able to see with our own eyes makes it easy for people to be skeptical of his existence. But to simply dismiss His existence because…

aim not to see the air, but to utilize it. Moreover, the air is invisible. However, it does not negate the invisibility of its necessity and certainly does not deny its existence. Man verifies the existence of the object or event either through direct perception of the sense organs or as a result of inferences about the existence of the reasons observed effect (phenomenon or thing). We mistakenly believe that things that do not manifest it - does not exist. Just what manifests itself, but we…

Throughout many years, the existence of God has always been a topic of discussion and through the years, many people have tried to come up with myths, stories and facts about if God exists or not. Many philosophers including Rene Descartes is looking to find certainty an proof of God’s existence and through his arguments, he will base all of his theories and principles on this theory. The existence of God has been argued about in history for years and years and confused many people. For…

How successful is the Ontological Argument in Proving the Existence of God? For centuries, the existence of God has been questioned and argued by many different philosophers. One of the “big three” arguments is the Ontological Argument, an argument that could be said to be valid, as it has a good structure, but the soundness is questionable. The argument was founded by St Anselm (1033-1109) on the basis of two things: firstly, that God is “that than which nothing greater can be conceived” ,…

philosophers have used the ontological argument to try to prove the existence of God. Descartes and Anselm are two examples of philosophers who have done so. Both use the concept of having the idea of God to try to prove his existence. However, the ontological argument for the existence of God is unsuccessful in proving his existence. Descartes uses the idea of existence being a property and an aspect of perfection to try to prove God’s existence while Anselm uses the concept of God existing in…

him god. Does he exists? Or no? God knows. This is a fact of our existence that he the God must exists and in order to satisfy myself, that I exists it is imperative to first prove the existence of my own creator. And being an atheist is as you are doubting your own existence. Than who is right? Everybody carries either of the opinion because there is only two options in this category. In my case god exists, because of my own existence, due to the nature itself, the big bang and because he…

The idea of a supreme has been around since the beginning of time, and many different arguments have been used in attempt to prove the existence of a god. One of the most well-known arguments for the existence of the Judeo-Christian God is Anselm’s ontological argument. Ontological arguments use natural theology which attempts to prove God existence by using logic, reason, and shared evidence. Scripture, religious experience, and divine revelation are all used as tools. Many great philosophers…

In the Third Meditation, Descartes provides an argument for the existence of God that has been a great source of discussion and debate since. With the Meditations, Descartes attempted to deconstruct and destroy all of his beliefs and all foundations of knowledge in order to accomplish two aims: to provide a sound basis for scientific method and to prove the compatibility between science and religion. With the Meditations, Descartes was determined to figure out what he knew with certainty and did…

The Skepticism to Descartes Arguments for God's Existence One would sometime question the existence of god just like how René Descartes questions and argues about god’s existence. In Descartes “meditation on first philosophy,” he talks about reality and as well his existence. But he also talks about the existence of God, in how god could be a deceiver and yet still believing that God is not a deceiver as he said “I have no reason to think that God is such a deceiver. In fact, I don’t even know…

proof for the existence of God he approaches it with the concept of motion. But looking deeper it really is about the issue of actuality and potentiality which Aristotle also used to analyze motion. This proof reminds us that things are in motion and move when potential motion or ‘possibility’ becomes actual motion. This is very similar to Aristotle’s explanation of motion defined as “actuality of a potentiality.” Next Aquinas tell us that only an actual motion can turn potential motion into…