Essays on Ontological

Several centuries ago, St. Anselm wrote a prayer titled Proslogion. One of the key and thought-provoking aspects of this prayer is St. Anselm’s attempt to prove that God exists. Indeed, the prayer is comparable to Descartes’ argument because it results from an understanding of God’s perfection. Descartes maintained that God must certainly exist due to the fact that he could clearly perceive God and His perfection is such that Descartes could not have devised it on his own. St. Anselm’s argument is similar to that of Descartes because it has the properties of a priori argument. ...

Today’s philosophy is still discussing the ontological dilemma of God’s existence. St. Anselm is one of the first philosophers who tried to solve this task with arguments in an own manner. The central problem with the ontological argument has not changed in the last thousand years, and the debate is still built around the question whether there is the evidence that proves the existence of God.

An Explanation and Discussion of the St. Anselm’s Ontological Argument

St. Anselm tried to clarify whether God exists only in the mind as an idea, or it exists in reality. In his opinion, the argument to prove the existence of God ...

Introduction

The notion of "nothing" is one of the most important and controversial concepts in the history of humankind. Its etymology is quite interesting for the consideration, as it can discover many different mysteries associated with the most important knowledge. In addition, the perception of this idea may be absolutely controversial, if one talks about it in the framework of religion and philosophy of the Western and the Eastern worlds. Nothing is everything, and at the same time, it is a lack of everything. This notion has a negative connotation; it denies everything to what it is opposed; moreover, it ...

Organizational communication is inextricably related to the phenomena of social life that entails three aspects, namely axiology, epistemology, and ontology. Epistemology is related to general problems of knowledge and thinking in particular. Ontology refers to the way of thinking about the nature of being, while axiology is connected with values. Ontology studies the nature of existence or, more narrowly, the nature of the phenomena that people seek to know. Understanding the nature of cognition and the processes by which it is carried out is essential for any scientific knowledge. It is worth noting that epistemology and ontology are inseparable, ...

Introduction

The current study entails the determination of the constituents of a high self-esteem in young children. The methodology chapter details the approach of the researcher into answering this question. This section presents information on the paradigmatic choices of the researcher. The chapter will also outline the ontological and epistemological positions on which the study is based. The section will also outline the research design to be used and a description of the participants and their location. The methodology chapter will also highlight the materials that the researcher will use, the procedure through which the study will be performed, the ...

Hegel took idealism to its most extreme point with his absolute idealism. This idea can be best understood in the established relationship between being and identity that he discusses. This relationship is essential in order for the individual to attain knowledge of the world. Furthermore, this knowledge is fundamentally predicated on the associations between subjective perceptions and established objective truth. The universalization of the particular through the lens of personal experience therefore becomes an essential aspect of his philosophic inquiry. Subject and object, codified by normative experience, are the source of idealism within Hegel's perspective. Hegel's argument rests on ...

Philosophy and God

Philosophy and God

Abstract

The issue whether God really exist or it is just an imagination created in minds of people has been debated for centuries. Many scientists and philosophers believe that God does not exist. They have challenged believers to scientifically or logically prove that God really exists. Ontological arguments have been put in place by theology philosophers with the aim of proving, logically and scientifically, the existence of God. Philosophers such as Anselm and Aquinas have put across some logical arguments to prove that God really exists. On the other hand, some atheists such as Bertrand Russell have ...

Many centuries ago, there have been arguments on whether or not there is the existence of God. These arguments are the result of atheists and believers. Atheists are people who believe that God and other supernatural beings are man-made ideas. The existence of many religions is also as a result of differences in beliefs about God. Theism, from which theistic is derived, is that belief in the existence of God or gods. From a religious point of view, a God is either a normal or supernatural being. Some religions have one supreme God while others have many gods. The ...

I. INTRODUCTION Each day, a person reveals his worldview simply in the way he speaks, decides, and acts. Philip Graham Ryken observed that “wherever we bump into the world, our worldview comes spilling out”. The conflict between creationists and evolutionists is such a bumping of worldviews. Can the universe be known? According to John Henry Newman, the universe must be knowable if religious truth is “a condition of general knowledge” instead of a portion thereof. Moreover, if a part of reality is phenomenal (called imminent reality), then that reality it can be known because the human mind contains the ...

Stalking Ableism: Using Disability to Expose ‘Abled' Narcissism

Meaning of terms in the context of the chapter One of the key terms in Chapter 13 is the ableism. According to Campbell (2012, p.213), ableism is defined as "denoting an attitude that devalues or differentiates disability through the valuation of able-bodiedness equated to normalcy." Alternatively, ableism is used in the perspective of able-bodiedness to mean "a way of being" (Campbell, 2012). In other words, according to the chapter, ableism can be defined as processes, beliefs, and processes that generate a particular perception of body and self, which is reflected as species-typical and perfect. Therefore, ableism is significant and ...

It seems that there is no philosophy more vulnerable to external, rational criticism, than the philosophy of Descartes. The literary form of his works is nothing short of doubt. For example, his main work "Discourse on Method” is rather a fiction than a philosophical treatise; or I’d rather say, it’s a kind of notes about his life: experience, thoughts, or feelings. Moreover, they are difficult to reconcile in a single work. However, Descartes manages to question absolutely everything in the world in dozens of pages under the same title, then to find a way out of this, ...

The proof of Gods existence is not a cause and effect argument as it does not base its argument from natural world evidence. The ontological argument is stated in this way: God is a supreme being. Among of the features of greatness or perfection is presence. Hence, God exists. The fact that the thought of God has been conceived in humanity means that he must be existent (Descartes et al., 682). This ontological argument theory God’s presence was established by theologian and philosopher, Anselm in the twelfth-century. It is founded on Anselm’s announcement that God is a ...

In my view, God actually exists. I concur with the cosmological argument. The universe must be contingent. Human being has been so much curious to understand his existence and that of the world in general. The fact is that the world came into existence, it is contingent, and certain events and beings are casually contingent. The undoubted cause of these facts is the unmoved mover. There must have been a force behind all these, and this force is none other than the creator. In this discussion, my guiding factor is the existence of a contingent being, with an explanation for his ...

Introduction

In order to understand God from a philosophical standpoint this paper will aim at comprehensively discussing the three famous arguments of Gods existence that arouse as a result of debates between philosophers and theologians.

These arguments which will be critically examined in the text include; the ontological, cosmological and teleological arguments.

The ontological argument

This argument focuses on God as a perfect being and was formulated by one St. Anslem a catholic archbishop. He argues that God not only exists in our understanding but also in reality since for a being to be perfect it must exist in all possible circumstances. Hence a God that can exist in ...