Ontology

St. Augustine believed that memory was a major key in proving God’s existence. He believed that all individuals had knowledge, however the only way it could be acknowledged was if it was touched by God. He also claims that he was not able to find God using any of his senses. This lead him to look into his mind and sort of interact with his memory, which he describes as a storehouse. He divides memory into sensory, skill, and emotional memories, explaining what each memory holds and how it…

Hume Essay Relevant parts of Hume’s epistemology supposed that a man cannot determine the missing shade of blue (MSOB) without having experienced that shade. A Cartesian objection of Hume is that he will be able to combine the other shades while in defense of Hume you can argue that this shade is simply a compound idea connected by cause and effect. Hume distinguishes between two mental states of the human mind which are Impressions and Ideas. Impressions are our direct lively perceptions of…

When one thinks or talks about God they perceive or have an idea of a being that is all powerful, knowing and good by every definition. So if the question “Does God exist?” were to be answered then it is only logical to break this very same question down also by definitions. According to the Merriam-Webster’s dictionary there are many definitions of God to choose from but for the sake of the length of this paper I will take the first which is, the supreme or ultimate reality as: A) the Being…

Unlimited Spirt, Limited Spirit, and Corporeal Bodies In the universe there are three different types of spirits, unlimited spirits, limited spirits, and corporeal bodies. Each spirit is unique in the way that it exists within the universe. Anselm discusses these in Proslogion 6 & 13, discussing it in relation to God, humans, and even other spiritual bodies such as Angels. The most essential elements to distinguish the difference is how they exist and function in time and space. Unlimited and…

Psychology is rooted in philosophy. Questions of how the mind worked were first posed by the Greeks. Two main schools of thought nativism, the theory founded by Plato where mental processes are innate, and philosophical empiricism, a theory posed by Aristotle which felt that mental processes were learned from experience. Although this “nature” vs “nuture” debate remains, the next fundamental players tried to differentiate the mind from the brain philosophically and experimentally. While Rene…

The objective of this lab was to figure out how to determine the range from a given set of velocity and height from the ball. The height of the ball when it leaves the horizontal projectile is at 93.5cm or .935m. The velocity of the ball was .0674 seconds in the range of .1 meter. Creating a total velocity of 1.484m/s. To calculate the hang-time the formula: y= -4.9t^2 was used. The hang time is used to figure out how long the ball will be in the air for. After you find the answer, the time is…

Do they show faults and ennui in the first creation (so that we may not be able to repeat creation after its destruction?) Rather, (knowing that might be) have gotten into a tangle (of thought and argument) about a new creation (after the destruction of the old). 16. Surely We who have created man, and know what suggestions his soul makes to him. We are closer to him than his jugular vein. 17. Remember that the two angels who record (appointed to record his words and deeds), seated on the…

Both Kant and Hume can be challenged by problem of the source of knowledge because Hume speaks from the perspective of the empiricism and Kant on the distinction of phenomenal and noumenal. But one can show both of them have no excuse for their unbelief. In the enlightenment we come to realize two things which are informative, they are senses and the rational faculty. (Owen,p.144) some argued that rational faculty give foundation to intuition that were used to understand sense while other would…

Descartes begins by affirming that his idea of the human mind is that of a thinking thing. This thinking thing is not extended in length, breadth or depth. This being said Descartes reveals that sometimes he doubts or feels as if he is a thing that is incomplete and dependent. During these moments a clear, distinct idea of a being comes to mind, one that is independent and complete. Descartes identifies this idea to be God. Descartes believes that because he has the capacity to think of this…

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…