Universe

Leibniz cosmological argument for the existence of God The purpose of cosmological arguments is to start with the subject the universe and trace it back to the root that being the cause which according to Leibniz is an infinite necessary being. Profound philosophers used this method in order to enable the general public and academics to seeing the correlation between the universe, and its source God. Leibniz’s main objective was to take Aquinas 's foundation within his cosmological argument…

of the universe, however challenging predetermined views. Nicolaus Copernicus was a polish astronomer whose major finding would change the worldwide view of the universe and initiated the scientific revolution. Before Copernicus’s discovery and the beginning of the revolution, the church had absolute power over all the people of Europe because they believed that the church had all the answers to any notion. One of these established beliefs was that the Earth was in the center of the universe,…

a Freshmen in college. At the beginning of the year, he signed up for his college Philosophy class and became challenged with his college professor, Mr. Radisson. Professor Radisson is a strong atheist, which believes that there is no God in the universe. In class, Professor Radisson had the students write on a piece of paper “God is Dead”, since Josh is a devout Christian he found himself at a crossroad, having to decide between his faith and his future. Since Josh refused to proclaim that “God…

all of these differences it is very interesting to find the similarities in the stories of Metamorphoses & Theogony told by the both Ovid and Hesiod. Both Hesiod and Ovid have similarities, as well as differences in their understanding of how the universe and mankind began. In the Ovid’s Metamorphoses,…

The universe. To scientists it’s a puzzle waiting to be discovered. The immensely vast Big Bang Theory is believed to be how the universe was created. Therefore, it is thought that the energy from the big bang was so gigantic that the universe is presently expanding. Three of many causes that are resulting in the universe to expand include the jaw dropping dark energy and dark matter, Victor Hess’s discoveries on his voyages, and Fritz Zwicky’s and Vera Rubin’s discoveries. Given these…

The Open Boat is a story written by Stephen Crane that portrays a main focus of naturalism in the lives of man, and how that nature is portrayed as malicious, through the sources A Man Said to the Universe and I Explain the Silvered Passing of the Ship at Night. Stephen Crane’s The Open Boat considers three stages of quotes in which the men are affected by nature itself; the storm, the survivors, and the rescue. To begin, Crane starts his anecdote with a miraculous life threatening storm. Crane…

most important truths in the world according to Lewis. He continues in the book and discusses the three main views on the universe: materialist, religious and Life-Force. People with the materialist view believe that the universe just happened to exist and that humanity came into being by chance. The religious view states that there is a mind (not necessarily God) behind the universe that brought everything into existence. The Life-Force philosophy claims that life evolved due to the…

Throughout the history of mankind, there has been an ongoing debate triggered by the unanswered question, “How did the universe and everything in it come to be?” There have been several theories over the years, the two most encouraged being Creationism and Evolutionism. The two have their own explicitly different beliefs and ideas, yet at the same time, many often overlooked similarities. “Evolution consists of changes in the heritable traits of a population of organisms as successive…

Energy is a mysterious and everlasting component which exists within the universe; it is the existential source of power which human beings have harnessed through technology in order to progress and evolve. It is fair to note that energy is quintessential to every action and reaction occurring in the universe at all times. Furthermore, the law of conservation of energy states that energy cannot be created nor destroyed but can be transferred between different forms and states and even between…

Dark matter and dark energy are perhaps the biggest mysteries in the universe. Dark matter makes up 26% of the universe, dark energy makes up 69% of the universe, and ‘normal’ matter- everything visually observed in the universe- makes up only 5% of the universe. Dark matter and energy are thought to be explanations for various phenomena that have been observed in deep space. Dark matter is matter that cannot be detected by its absorption or emission of electromagnetic radiation. Scientists…