Proof by contradiction

He would not allow separate religions to fight with one another about their beliefs, “the citizens of Bokhara began persecuting the local Christians in contradiction to Ghenghi's tolerance for all religions, he said ‘The dead have risen from the grave, we must go and put them back where they belong’. Meaning he had spared them and they did this against his edict for fairness and tolerance of all religions.…

people who don’t care what is said about them at the disgustingly ironic Missionary Society meetings. Harper Lee uses a mockingbird as a symbol of diversity, kindness, and most importantly progression. The Missionary Society is a steaming pile of contradiction. They instruct on being godly and doing good in the world to serve god, but they spread hateful rumors and talk of people in a manner that could only bring more hate and conflict. Scout and Jem are given the simple instructions of:“…

regal thinking are illustrated by the fable, THE EMPEROR’S NEW CLOTHES by Hans Christian Andersen. One of the best-known physics examples of regal science is Aristotle’s geocentric solar system from the 4th century B.C. The strategy was simple enough and the original model was as simple as possible. It was, in fact simpler than today’s models. However, the narrative was barren. As the data became more precise, the necessary adjustments to the model became more complicated. Four hundred…

For this paper I’m going to elaborate some more on my response to John Locke’s claims about personal identity. I initially found this passage really intriguing, and I really liked getting to discuss the text in my last paper. Then, after our class discussion, I had even more thoughts and questions about Locke’s ideas after hearing other’s perspectives. There are many issues that I have with Locke’s ideal ology toward the topic of identity, but that’s why I love it. I do not think that memory is…

Throughout Hume’s Dialogues, Philo takes the position of the skeptic, questioning the arguments of both Cleanthes and Demea. If it were not for his occasional approbation of God’s existence, the reader would be led to consider him an atheist. This makes it all the stranger when, in Part XII, he suddenly supports an argument for God’s existence from design. Far from criticizing the design argument, as he does a number of times earlier in the dialogues, he says that “no man can be so hardened… as……

The article H. J. McCloskey wrote, On Being an Atheist, discusses how arguments presented are proof that God does not exist. As I learned from Dr. Foreman’s presentation, Arguments for God’s Existence, there is nothing that can be proven with one-hundred percent certainty. We need not use arguments, but we should use evidence, just as an attorney in building a case against or for an accused. (Foreman, Approaching the Question of God 's Existence n.d.) Evidence sometimes is circumstantial, full…

These arguments by Descartes were intended to proof God’s existence; nonetheless, the two arguments had weaknesses. An example, in the first argument a person can deny having a perfect idea that is caused by God and therefore not acknowledge the existence of God. With this line of argumentative points…

Throughout the history of Philosophy the topic that is filled with the most arguments is the existence of a perfect being. Many people believe that a “perfect being” is capable of existing while others believe that the “perfect being” only exists in the form of God. Philosophy is flooded with arguments for and against the existence of God. I chose the photograph of The Vitruvian Man by Leonardo da Vinci because the picture itself is of a man who seems to be completely proportional, a man who is…

and drawn to its innate beauty. Pure mathematics is the study of the general case, and therefore it is the ultimate challenge. When I visited Harvard’s math department and met with staff, it felt like the perfect fit. At Harvard, I hope to pursue proof-based courses including topological spaces, differential geometry, and symplectic duality, and eventually contribute to the field by working on the most pressing questions facing pure mathematics– because today I am even more passionate about math…

argument in a number of ways. Firstly, Anselm aims to show that it is contradictory to deny that there exists a greatest possible being; in other words he aims to prove that it is a necessary truth that such a being exists. Anselm explains the contradiction further when he states, “For if this same being exists in the mind alone, anything that existed also in reality would be greater than this being, and thus that which is greater than everything would be less than something and would not be…