Question: With reference to Anselm's Ontological Argument for the existence of God, evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of his argument. Answer: Anselm’s argument on God was that God is the being that is greater than anyone can imagine, and...
Question: With reference to Pike's article, how could it be said that Divine Omniscience challenges the idea that humans have free will? Answer: Hello class, Congratulations on making it past the halfway point in the class. This weeks content is such...
In this assignment, you will identify vocabulary words that are of interest to you and define them in your own words. Note, that the words in parenthesis are to guide you to the right section in weeks 3 and 4 to find the terms. All...
For this discussion, I decided to choose question #1: What exactly is Empiricism? Please provide specific examples to support your answer. From my understanding of the lesson on Empiricism, I can relate it to the saying "Never judge a book by its cover". Like...
Why do Empiricist believe there are limits to the knowledge of reality? Empiricists believe that knowledge of reality is limited because it is based on sensory experience, which is subjective and unreliable. Therefore, empirical knowledge can only provide a limited understanding of the world...
Question: In Meditation V, Descartes proffers an ontological argument for God's existence. Assess that argument and determine if you find it convincing. Then discuss if this argument is enough for him to claim in the last paragraph of Meditation VI, "For from the fact...
Question: Why doesn't Descartes simply determine what's real by looking around him and using his sense experience? What is the reason he felt he needed to adopt radical skepticism, and do you feel he is successful? Be sure to use passages from...
In Meditation V, Descartes proffers an ontological argument for God's existence. Assess that argument and determine if you find it convincing. Then discuss if this argument is enough for him to claim in the last paragraph of Meditation VI, "For from the fact...
Discussion 4: Why does Socrates claim ( on pages 42 and on pages 46-47) that what he is doing is highly beneficial to the citizens of Athens? What is his argument (or what are his arguments) for this? What does he assume would be appropriate...
Question: a)Based on Plato's "Apology," it is difficult to determine whether Socrates corrupted the youth of Athens or not. Some might argue that Socrates was corrupting the youth by teaching them to question traditional beliefs and values, while others might argue that Socrates was actually...