One-sided argument

This seems reasonable to believe since Clifford’s whole argument is based upon the principle of having sufficient evidence. But what evidence does a person have to leave a question unanswered? Their decision to do so would mean that one would believe that there is sufficient evidence to make a decision but contradicts the fact that Clifford says there was not sufficient evidence. James believes that this is one aspect of Clifford’s argument that he does not agree with. James does not agree with…

In this paper, I will be examining Descartes" ontological argument. I will begin with an explanation of the argument. I will next seek to establish that the argument relies upon the epistemic criterion that Descartes has laid out for himself I will consider several questions about the nature of the argument and the properties of some of the premises. Descartes seemed to believe that the ontological argument for God could be understood through pure intuition, but even if he thought it unnecessary…

and arguments by philosophers. The existence of God is discussed well in books such as the assortments of the world and these are important as they reveal that truly the greatest being existed. It is true that the leading argument about the existence of God was presented by Anselm in the ontological argument. This philosopher argument moves to the extent of making sure that it shows well that God exists and does not, in any case, defend on jurisdictions. Philosophers while making an argument…

opinion on why he did not believe in God. In his article he gives his opinions of the cosmological, and teleological arguments. The main argument he makes in his article is about the evil and hardship in the world which is suppose to be created by a caring and loving God. Though H.j Mcloskey wanted to have proof and contrary to his opinions of the cosmological and theological arguments along with his case for the problem of evil, his article only points to the fact that the only logical…

Over a millennium after Aristotle wrote his unmoved mover argument. The Catholic philosopher Saint Thomas Aquinas reintroduced the idea as part of his five proofs for the existence of God. Aquinas’s first way is derived from motion. Following the same premise as Aristotle, Aquinas argues that a first mover, existing in a state of perfect actuality, must exist to move things from potential to actual states. Absence of this first mover would result in an infinite regress; therefore, the…

Paley’s Watchmaker Argument St. Thomas Aquinas’ Fifth Way The Anthropic Principle (including Richard Swinburne’s Anthropic Coincidences) Graham Priests Version Against the statement to be evaluated: Charles Darwin’s Theory of Evolution David Hume’s Criticisms Richard Dawkins Introduction For my E.P.Q, I decided to base it on a question which has enamored the world for the entirety of its existence. “Does God exist?”. I will be specifically looking into the Design argument, which is an…

Pascal: Pascal’s Wager essentially revolves around the fact that betting on God’s existence is the best bet that one can make.This is because if one wagers on God’s existence and God doesn’t exist, they lose nothing. However, if he does exist, then the can potentially gain entrance into Heaven which is the ultimate reward. Therefore, betting on God’s existence is the best bet that one can possibly make. Pascal’s Wager excludes the important virtues that support Christianity and serves as a…

been a creator the one that makes the watch just as the universe has a creator. The universe didn’t just come from existence there had to be something that made the universe. Xenophanes a wondering poet and philosopher born in Colophon, around the year 570 B.C. believed in one and only one divine God that created the universe. He claimed to neglect the Olympian gods because he believed that there was only one God that could see, hear, and think. He believed that this god was the one that had…

God, Design, and Critiques When discussing the arguments from design for God’s existence a few names transcend into our thoughts higher than the others. St. Thomas Aquinas, William Paley, and David Hume are these people. Aquinas was born in the year 1225 and was a Dominican monk. Paley was born in 1743 and worked as the archdeacon of Carlisle. Hume was a skeptical empiricist born in Scotland in 1711. They have used their brain power to write various literature discussing whether the design we…

essence of goodness, love, justice, compassion, and mercy; the protector of the innocent and the faithful; the enemy of the wicked and the infidel. God is pure spirit with no material substance and neither beginning nor end” (White, pg. 284). These arguments of God’s existence are believed to have not been established beyond suspicion. However, faithful believers suggest that truths observed in our environment can help to better explain that a God must exist. These claims that a God must exist…