Predicate

According to Macintyre, it is difficult to understand or believe that two people share a concept where they do not agree on every judgement of the concept. It may be true if they agree on some point of the concept. He pointed out that some people argue on the point that skeptics of religion and believers of religion do not agree on religious concept, but they do agree on non-religious concept therefore, they share a concept. Their point is that both religion and non-religion uses the same form…

rather than contingently, so it becomes a part of the concept that the greatest conceivable being would exist necessarily rather than contingently. This would free the argument from one of Kant’s critiques; the critique that existence isn’t a valid predicate, using this new argument, existence actually adds something to our concept of what God is rather than just being a statement on whether he exists. The crux of the argument is whether or not there exists a unique being that must exist…

Over the past few decades, numerous literatures had documented that the family is a crucial factor to determine adolescent’s future, especially the parenting style. It is difficult to determine how strict parents should be with their children. There are different types of parenting style, such as authoritative, authoritarian, permissive and indifferent. The authoritarian parenting style has been common and ‘tiger mom’ is very popular in Hong Kong and other Asian countries. In this paper, I will…

letters are. The reason is “although that kind information can stores the whole grid, the information fades too quickly for a person to recall everything.” Because those actions just happen in few seconds or even less than 1 second, it is hard to predicate what kind of relationship between gender and memory. “Individuals only holds less one second sensory…

Students have been learning by leaps and bounds throughout February. Time flies when you’re having fun, and in a leap year! Whether its heart-pumping excitement at the fire department, investigating beyond your average brainteaser, rocking out in geology, or commemorating America by learning from its’ history, students are challenging their academic achievements. This month has been absolutely extraordinary, and we are happy to share with you a little about the wonderful activities your…

An ontological argument is a deductive argument with a priori premises. It was first offered by St. Anslem in the 11th century. St. Anslem was a Benedictine monk, priest and scholar. He was the Archbishop of Canterbury from 1093 to his death in 1109. (Lecture) The ontological argument aims to prove the existence of God from a priori premises including the definition of God: a being than which no greater being can be conceived. A priori proposition is knowledge that is gained through deduction.…

There is a good reason God admonishes us not to judge anyone. We simply do not have all the information needed nor will we ever know all that should be known to judge another person or even ourselves. Only God has all the information and that is why He is the just Judge (Psalm 7:11). We only prophesy is part (1 Corinthians 13:9), so God doesn’t tell us everything, just what we need to know. The Bible tells us, “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways, says the LORD.…

something that would be absurd. This island which none is greater doesn’t actually exist, and so the logic in the Ontological Argument is disproven. 5. Lay out and explain Kant’s critique of the Ontological Argument. • Kant argues that existing isn’t a predicate, and existing doesn’t change the set that the descriptions apply to. • There can’t be an actual comparison between existing and nonexistent things. • A great thing that exists can’t be compared to a great thing that doesn’t. 6. Lay out…

being. Poetry, helps bring a name to a persons pain and joys, which are meant to be destroyed in a capitalist society. “For women, then, poetry is not a luxury. It is vitally necessary for our existence. It forms the quality of light within which we predicate our hope and dreams toward survival and change,…

Analysis of Case Study: Fetal Abnormality Introduction While a fetus is developing in the womb, there are different perspectives raised regarding what constitutes a moral being at the time. Some argue that a fetus at the stage cannot be considered a moral being because they are not aware of what is taking place while to others; the fetus is already a being because it has life. Different bioethicist theories have also been developed to understand fetus developments and these theories are used…