July 18th as a powerpoint file (requires Powerpoint)
... create a reductio, suppose another proposition to be true. If such a supposition, in conjunction with the original premises, generates a contradiction (using valid rules of deductive inference), you then have good reason to believe that it is false. If the supposition is false, its negation must be ...
... create a reductio, suppose another proposition to be true. If such a supposition, in conjunction with the original premises, generates a contradiction (using valid rules of deductive inference), you then have good reason to believe that it is false. If the supposition is false, its negation must be ...
St Thomas Aquinas
... Some explanatory notes and comments on Aristotle Aristotle’s four-fold theory of causation In trying to find out why things happen as they do Aristotle proposed four reasons or explanations, which he calls material, formal, efficient, and final. Take, for example, an inanimate object such as a stat ...
... Some explanatory notes and comments on Aristotle Aristotle’s four-fold theory of causation In trying to find out why things happen as they do Aristotle proposed four reasons or explanations, which he calls material, formal, efficient, and final. Take, for example, an inanimate object such as a stat ...
A1 Sample answer
... This question is asking to define the monotheistic religions different perspectives of God. Monotheistic means the tradition believes in one God, but who is God? God is an everlasting, omnipresent, supernatural and powerful being. All three monotheistic faiths, Judaism, Christianity and Islam, view ...
... This question is asking to define the monotheistic religions different perspectives of God. Monotheistic means the tradition believes in one God, but who is God? God is an everlasting, omnipresent, supernatural and powerful being. All three monotheistic faiths, Judaism, Christianity and Islam, view ...
Christian-Muslim Relations—A Road to
... necessary reasons, because it exceeds the human mind, so because of its truth it cannot be refuted by any necessary reason. So any Christian disputing about the articles of the Faith should not try to prove the Faith, but defend the Faith.’5 What is to be observed here is that Thomas is not treating ...
... necessary reasons, because it exceeds the human mind, so because of its truth it cannot be refuted by any necessary reason. So any Christian disputing about the articles of the Faith should not try to prove the Faith, but defend the Faith.’5 What is to be observed here is that Thomas is not treating ...
Great expectations A question
... I think I learnt the wisdom of the latter at a fairly young age; don’t expect too much and you won’t be too disappointed. Aim low and anything is a bonus. That came in particularly handy I have to say during those humiliating rituals of choosing teams for sports at school. And that philosophy can ce ...
... I think I learnt the wisdom of the latter at a fairly young age; don’t expect too much and you won’t be too disappointed. Aim low and anything is a bonus. That came in particularly handy I have to say during those humiliating rituals of choosing teams for sports at school. And that philosophy can ce ...
A Catechism on Hinduism
... many other places in the South. There are several other holy places of pilgrimage associated with deities, saints and sages, such as Somanath, Pandharpur, Alandi, etc. and sources of holy rivers, like Gangottari and Yamunottari. Q: What influence did it have on Indian Culture? A: It would not be far ...
... many other places in the South. There are several other holy places of pilgrimage associated with deities, saints and sages, such as Somanath, Pandharpur, Alandi, etc. and sources of holy rivers, like Gangottari and Yamunottari. Q: What influence did it have on Indian Culture? A: It would not be far ...
19.27 – The Height of Scholastic Philosophy
... Albertus Magnus, St. Thomas Aquinas, Alexander of Hales (died 1245) and St. Bonaventure (1221 - 1274). The universities developed in the large cities of Europe during this period, and rival clerical orders within the church began to battle for political and intellectual control over these centers of ...
... Albertus Magnus, St. Thomas Aquinas, Alexander of Hales (died 1245) and St. Bonaventure (1221 - 1274). The universities developed in the large cities of Europe during this period, and rival clerical orders within the church began to battle for political and intellectual control over these centers of ...
Jumblatt, Religion, and Tawhid:
... surpassing rites and metaphysics, people are led to be liberated from all that veils them from being realized as free conscious beings. By this consciousness, Man has excelled over all other creatures in his evolution. To Hinduism Jumblatt compares his own faith, the Druze Faith, because the followe ...
... surpassing rites and metaphysics, people are led to be liberated from all that veils them from being realized as free conscious beings. By this consciousness, Man has excelled over all other creatures in his evolution. To Hinduism Jumblatt compares his own faith, the Druze Faith, because the followe ...
Greek View of Law
... to choose, but YOU are responsible for your choices. • Jesus adopts Jewish morality & explained it in a different way, expanding man’s understanding of faith. ...
... to choose, but YOU are responsible for your choices. • Jesus adopts Jewish morality & explained it in a different way, expanding man’s understanding of faith. ...
Unlocking the Knowledge of God: Evidence for His Existence
... Moral Laws are different from natural laws. Moral laws describe what ought to be not ...
... Moral Laws are different from natural laws. Moral laws describe what ought to be not ...
Euthyphro`s Dilemma and Divine Command Ethics
... command abhorrent acts. This implies that there are moral acts that are bad before God wills what to do or that there is a standard of goodness that God does not will, but that He meets. Second, in response to the first response, philosophers like Robert Adams would say divine command theory is only ...
... command abhorrent acts. This implies that there are moral acts that are bad before God wills what to do or that there is a standard of goodness that God does not will, but that He meets. Second, in response to the first response, philosophers like Robert Adams would say divine command theory is only ...
“UU and A Christian Humanist” Sermon by Rev. Jim Eller All Souls
... neighbor is. Whom we must love and care for. Parker expressed this love of neighbor by saying the “arc of the universe is long but it bends toward justice.” In Parker’s time he lived these values by protecting fugitive slaves. He was a strong abolitionist who kept a pistol in his desk to defend the ...
... neighbor is. Whom we must love and care for. Parker expressed this love of neighbor by saying the “arc of the universe is long but it bends toward justice.” In Parker’s time he lived these values by protecting fugitive slaves. He was a strong abolitionist who kept a pistol in his desk to defend the ...
R. Venugopalan India Known Things Unknown Secrets
... various forms of rituals, customs and ceremonies in its fold without difficulty. There have been great saints who have had the guts to reject many of the rituals practiced by Hindus on its face, still they were always revered and not rejected. The philosophy of Kabir was entirely new to the world wh ...
... various forms of rituals, customs and ceremonies in its fold without difficulty. There have been great saints who have had the guts to reject many of the rituals practiced by Hindus on its face, still they were always revered and not rejected. The philosophy of Kabir was entirely new to the world wh ...
Postmodernism
... If I make a change in my approach or what I say am I being faithful to God’s word? ...
... If I make a change in my approach or what I say am I being faithful to God’s word? ...
Natural law
... Law: Guidance from the Outside Four different kinds of law • Eternal law: both moral and physical principles governing all of God’s creation • Natural law: the part of eternal law that applies to humans, knowable through reason • Human (positive) law: humans trying to ...
... Law: Guidance from the Outside Four different kinds of law • Eternal law: both moral and physical principles governing all of God’s creation • Natural law: the part of eternal law that applies to humans, knowable through reason • Human (positive) law: humans trying to ...
Proving God: The Ontological Argument
... • The concept of “God” is defined as “a being greater than which none can be thought” • Then, Anselm asks, “which would be greater, a being who is merely thought, or a being who actually exists?” • The answer is a being who actually exists; but since God is, by definition, the greatest being who can ...
... • The concept of “God” is defined as “a being greater than which none can be thought” • Then, Anselm asks, “which would be greater, a being who is merely thought, or a being who actually exists?” • The answer is a being who actually exists; but since God is, by definition, the greatest being who can ...
Is There a God?
... man with any genuine religious feeling will not be content with the view that the belief in God is useful, because he will wish to know whether, in fact, there is a God. It is absurd to contend that the two questions are the same. In the nursery, belief in Father Christmas is useful, but grown-up pe ...
... man with any genuine religious feeling will not be content with the view that the belief in God is useful, because he will wish to know whether, in fact, there is a God. It is absurd to contend that the two questions are the same. In the nursery, belief in Father Christmas is useful, but grown-up pe ...
Scholasticism
... complex and seemingly well-designed working structures that appear to serve well various purposes. It is improbable for these natural processes and structures to have just been around forever, or else to have been produced ...
... complex and seemingly well-designed working structures that appear to serve well various purposes. It is improbable for these natural processes and structures to have just been around forever, or else to have been produced ...
Extremism in the name of Islam and Malaysian
... Both Liow and Means have shown that the UMNO-led government has played an important role in enabling, though not outright and formally encouraging, extremism in the country by way of sanctioning religious revivalism and Islamisation. Patricia Martinez has cautioned that such political dealing with I ...
... Both Liow and Means have shown that the UMNO-led government has played an important role in enabling, though not outright and formally encouraging, extremism in the country by way of sanctioning religious revivalism and Islamisation. Patricia Martinez has cautioned that such political dealing with I ...
Theology Questions
... • Does ‘faith precede reason’ or ‘reason precede faith?’ • Why should we accept special revelation as true? • What is the relationship between the natural and the supernatural? ...
... • Does ‘faith precede reason’ or ‘reason precede faith?’ • Why should we accept special revelation as true? • What is the relationship between the natural and the supernatural? ...
Transcendentalism Notes
... What is Transcendentalism? an idealistic philosophical and social movement that ...
... What is Transcendentalism? an idealistic philosophical and social movement that ...
- Esamskriti
... Courtesy and Copyright Prabuddha Bharata According to Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902), a great spiritual leader, thinker and reformer of India, spirituality is the very backbone of India. He observes that every nation has a particular ideal running through its whole existence, forming its very backgro ...
... Courtesy and Copyright Prabuddha Bharata According to Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902), a great spiritual leader, thinker and reformer of India, spirituality is the very backbone of India. He observes that every nation has a particular ideal running through its whole existence, forming its very backgro ...
The United States Was Founded As a Christian Nation
... The general principles on which the fathers achieved independence were the general principles of Christianity. I will avow that I then believed, and now believe, that those general principles of Christianity are as eternal and immutable as the existence and attributes of God. The Christian religion ...
... The general principles on which the fathers achieved independence were the general principles of Christianity. I will avow that I then believed, and now believe, that those general principles of Christianity are as eternal and immutable as the existence and attributes of God. The Christian religion ...
LT 1143 - Living Theology
... The world proclaims either that there are no gods or that there are many gods and religions, or some say that if there is a god then all religious paths lead to him. Such attitudes are not different from 2000 years ago when Paul was on mission trips for God. There was a time when he was reasoning wi ...
... The world proclaims either that there are no gods or that there are many gods and religions, or some say that if there is a god then all religious paths lead to him. Such attitudes are not different from 2000 years ago when Paul was on mission trips for God. There was a time when he was reasoning wi ...