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... (2) That which can conceivably exist in the understanding, can conceivably exist in reality. (3) It is conceivable that that than which nothing greater can be conceived exists in reality. (4) That which can conceivably exist in the understanding and in reality is greater than that which can conceiva ...
... (2) That which can conceivably exist in the understanding, can conceivably exist in reality. (3) It is conceivable that that than which nothing greater can be conceived exists in reality. (4) That which can conceivably exist in the understanding and in reality is greater than that which can conceiva ...
The Ontological Argument
... reasoning, I will discover that thing, and will give him lost island, not to be lost again. But it now appears that this being than which a greater is inconceivable cannot be conceived pot to be, because it exists on so assured a ground of truth; for otherwise it would not exist at all. ' Hence, if ...
... reasoning, I will discover that thing, and will give him lost island, not to be lost again. But it now appears that this being than which a greater is inconceivable cannot be conceived pot to be, because it exists on so assured a ground of truth; for otherwise it would not exist at all. ' Hence, if ...
PHIL/RS 335
... the truth of the first premise is established by the Principle of Sufficient Reason. • The PSR is commonly formulated as “Everything has a reason,” though it can be formulated in a number of more specific ways (see 69c2). What does this mean? There are a number of possibilities. • There must be an e ...
... the truth of the first premise is established by the Principle of Sufficient Reason. • The PSR is commonly formulated as “Everything has a reason,” though it can be formulated in a number of more specific ways (see 69c2). What does this mean? There are a number of possibilities. • There must be an e ...
Stanisław Judycki
... lion, and from that then we could infer that a perfect island or an ideal lion exist. 4 This objection in my opinion involves two interrelated confusions. The first one concerns the relation between words and meanings and the second one is connected with three kinds of meanings with which human mind ...
... lion, and from that then we could infer that a perfect island or an ideal lion exist. 4 This objection in my opinion involves two interrelated confusions. The first one concerns the relation between words and meanings and the second one is connected with three kinds of meanings with which human mind ...
Kant`s Critique of the Ontological Argument: FAIL
... concept of God, unlike that of a square circle or something older than itself, is apparently conceivable without contradiction, the proponent of the argument takes it to be the case that God, unlike a square circle or something older than itself, is a possible being. The proponent of the argument th ...
... concept of God, unlike that of a square circle or something older than itself, is apparently conceivable without contradiction, the proponent of the argument takes it to be the case that God, unlike a square circle or something older than itself, is a possible being. The proponent of the argument th ...
Anselm`s Ontological Argument
... round, heavy and old. These are all genuine predicates because they change our understanding of the coins. But if we then add “they exist”, nothing about our concept changes. There is no difference between the idea of ‘100 coins’ and ‘100 coins that exist’. So, ‘existence’ is not a real predicate. I ...
... round, heavy and old. These are all genuine predicates because they change our understanding of the coins. But if we then add “they exist”, nothing about our concept changes. There is no difference between the idea of ‘100 coins’ and ‘100 coins that exist’. So, ‘existence’ is not a real predicate. I ...
Efforts to Explain all Existence
... objectors make it plain that it is paradigmatic cases of existence— it is people or material objects or events or processes—which they view as absolutely necessary. See F. H. Bradley's Principles of Logic*: 'Nothing is not wholly negative; it is at least empty thought.' Consult also those who sugges ...
... objectors make it plain that it is paradigmatic cases of existence— it is people or material objects or events or processes—which they view as absolutely necessary. See F. H. Bradley's Principles of Logic*: 'Nothing is not wholly negative; it is at least empty thought.' Consult also those who sugges ...
A Summary Of The Meditations - The Richmond Philosophy Pages
... cannot yet tell whether this is a real or merely conceptual distinction. By bringing a piece of wax near a fire, Descartes argues that bodies are not perceived by the senses but by the intellect. The wax loses all the sensible properties it had and gains new ones. If it were nothing more than the su ...
... cannot yet tell whether this is a real or merely conceptual distinction. By bringing a piece of wax near a fire, Descartes argues that bodies are not perceived by the senses but by the intellect. The wax loses all the sensible properties it had and gains new ones. If it were nothing more than the su ...
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... and the existence of abstract objects only show that both nominalism and realism are part and parcel of the logicist program. But they had a common goal, which was to prove that mathematics is about concepts that can be entirely defined in terms of a small number of purely logical principles. In thi ...
... and the existence of abstract objects only show that both nominalism and realism are part and parcel of the logicist program. But they had a common goal, which was to prove that mathematics is about concepts that can be entirely defined in terms of a small number of purely logical principles. In thi ...
x - unbc
... but Berkeley said that God’s perception, rather than matter, is the basis of existence of the apple: God perceives it; therefore it exists – but it does not exist as a material thing ...
... but Berkeley said that God’s perception, rather than matter, is the basis of existence of the apple: God perceives it; therefore it exists – but it does not exist as a material thing ...
Universals - The Metaphysicist
... By contrast, we humans invent abstract concepts like redness. We know that these cultural constructs exist nowhere in nature as physical structures. We create them. Cultural knowledge is relative to and dependent on the society that creates it. However, some of our invented abstract concepts seem to ...
... By contrast, we humans invent abstract concepts like redness. We know that these cultural constructs exist nowhere in nature as physical structures. We create them. Cultural knowledge is relative to and dependent on the society that creates it. However, some of our invented abstract concepts seem to ...
User_113281722017BigBangsourcesfordebate
... objects are also devoid of any ultimate meaning. Language, mathematics, logic, etc., are thus annihilated as merely mental fictions, or at best some cosmic force we do not yet understand.” (taken from https://souloftheeast.org/2015/03/06/philosophy-creation/ ) The counter argument to this point woul ...
... objects are also devoid of any ultimate meaning. Language, mathematics, logic, etc., are thus annihilated as merely mental fictions, or at best some cosmic force we do not yet understand.” (taken from https://souloftheeast.org/2015/03/06/philosophy-creation/ ) The counter argument to this point woul ...
Death - Philosophy
... There is the question whether psychological connectedness is the mark of personal identity. Another question is whether we can live again after we have died. There is also a question about the relation between a person and his “remains.” Is this relation identity, or is it rather a relation that ho ...
... There is the question whether psychological connectedness is the mark of personal identity. Another question is whether we can live again after we have died. There is also a question about the relation between a person and his “remains.” Is this relation identity, or is it rather a relation that ho ...
ao2-ontological
... shiny. Predicates tell us something about the object that would help us identify it in some way. Existence, according to Kant, is not the same as a predicate, it doesn’t tell us anything about the object. When we say something ‘exists’, we are saying that there is an example of something with these ...
... shiny. Predicates tell us something about the object that would help us identify it in some way. Existence, according to Kant, is not the same as a predicate, it doesn’t tell us anything about the object. When we say something ‘exists’, we are saying that there is an example of something with these ...
Grendel by John Gardner
... Gardner wrote this revisionist novel in order to criticize writers like Heller and Vonnegut, whom he considered to be “bad” artists. As you can see from his quotes above, Gardner believed that an artist had a mission to create a vision of life that is noble: he must offer the world imaginative redem ...
... Gardner wrote this revisionist novel in order to criticize writers like Heller and Vonnegut, whom he considered to be “bad” artists. As you can see from his quotes above, Gardner believed that an artist had a mission to create a vision of life that is noble: he must offer the world imaginative redem ...
Phil 2301 Intro to Philosophy
... God by definition is the greatest Being conceivable. 5. Hence, God must exist. B. The second argument (Proslogion, chp. 3) 1. Statement one: a. It is logically necessary to affirm of a necessary existent what is logically necessary to the concept of it. b. Real existence is logically necessary to th ...
... God by definition is the greatest Being conceivable. 5. Hence, God must exist. B. The second argument (Proslogion, chp. 3) 1. Statement one: a. It is logically necessary to affirm of a necessary existent what is logically necessary to the concept of it. b. Real existence is logically necessary to th ...
Mike Maxim
... rationalism came under attack by the British Empiricists for lacking the ability to connect knowledge with experience or reality. The empiricists, led by Hume, claimed the opposite of what the rationalists did. They held that all knowledge was a direct result of experience, and that no innate ideas ...
... rationalism came under attack by the British Empiricists for lacking the ability to connect knowledge with experience or reality. The empiricists, led by Hume, claimed the opposite of what the rationalists did. They held that all knowledge was a direct result of experience, and that no innate ideas ...
Here - BasicIncome.com
... then, existent beings which are contingent and as such do not contain a sufficient reason and explanation in themselves for what they are. There must, therefore, be existent a being which explains them, and at the same time is its own sufficient reason and explanation; that is to say, a being who, a ...
... then, existent beings which are contingent and as such do not contain a sufficient reason and explanation in themselves for what they are. There must, therefore, be existent a being which explains them, and at the same time is its own sufficient reason and explanation; that is to say, a being who, a ...
VKS Synoptic Prese
... just that people haven't learned some fact that they need to know, but rather that their habitual ways of perceiving the world are fundamentally mistaken, and thus they are "blinded" (by greed, desire, lust, etc.). ...
... just that people haven't learned some fact that they need to know, but rather that their habitual ways of perceiving the world are fundamentally mistaken, and thus they are "blinded" (by greed, desire, lust, etc.). ...
A Critical overview on the Ontological Argument
... impossible, there obviously exists, both in the mind and in reality, something than which a greater cannot be thought." The words of Anselm are rather complicated. But in short ‘God' refers to the perfect being. But if this did not exist, it would not be perfect. Therefore it must exist. Anselm also ...
... impossible, there obviously exists, both in the mind and in reality, something than which a greater cannot be thought." The words of Anselm are rather complicated. But in short ‘God' refers to the perfect being. But if this did not exist, it would not be perfect. Therefore it must exist. Anselm also ...
What is Metaphysics?
... concepts, minds are real, due to the a priori notions of the mind. • Reality then can consist of both Matter and IdeasDualism, material and immaterial exists- body and mindbut how does one explain the relation between the two due to their different nature? • Pragmatism: Unlike Plato and Aristotle, w ...
... concepts, minds are real, due to the a priori notions of the mind. • Reality then can consist of both Matter and IdeasDualism, material and immaterial exists- body and mindbut how does one explain the relation between the two due to their different nature? • Pragmatism: Unlike Plato and Aristotle, w ...
Existence is a real
... fact that every creature is distinct from its existence, whereas God is identical with his existence. Hence the entire project depends on the controversial metaphysical claim that existence is a real property of concrete individuals. . . . An individual is concrete if it “can either effect real chan ...
... fact that every creature is distinct from its existence, whereas God is identical with his existence. Hence the entire project depends on the controversial metaphysical claim that existence is a real property of concrete individuals. . . . An individual is concrete if it “can either effect real chan ...
Scholasticism
... Thomas Aquinas believed a child is born tabula rasa. Explain the meaning of this. ...
... Thomas Aquinas believed a child is born tabula rasa. Explain the meaning of this. ...
Comment: Parmenides
... existence from what is not. This is because of the perception analogy. It also cannot come into being from what is because it is already what is and there is no reason for it to come into being. This is because of the principle of sufficient reason. One problem with this argument is that Parmenedies ...
... existence from what is not. This is because of the perception analogy. It also cannot come into being from what is because it is already what is and there is no reason for it to come into being. This is because of the principle of sufficient reason. One problem with this argument is that Parmenedies ...
Metaphysics
... means creator, causer, intelligence, sustainer of the universe. the arguments that philosophers consider,examine whether it is reasonable to suppose there is such a being. ...
... means creator, causer, intelligence, sustainer of the universe. the arguments that philosophers consider,examine whether it is reasonable to suppose there is such a being. ...