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While Hume appears down to Earth and logical, he is, in a very general sense, a skeptic. He notes that there is a battle between r...

Power is behind all that we perceive, then the Higher Power would be a deceitful one. Descartes arrives at this conclusion becaus...

that any passage outside our sensitive impressions was not possible and as such "there is no metaphysics: we know nothing of God, ...

the universe and the cells of life on the planet, it was assumed that this enormous and highly intricate mechanism had a designer ...

believed deeply in the value of ethics as it related to humans in the natural world. His concept of forming an adequate ethical c...

at the bottom of the ladder, and humanity at the top, by virtue of the faculty of reason (Augustine of Hippo, 2001). After carefu...

conception of what is perceived. Some ideas appear to be innate, while others appear to originate elsewhere and come to the mind i...

the universe reveals that the natural world provides a graduated scale of existence, from lower beings to those that are higher or...

is not particularly concerned with explaining the universe, but rather offers the argument to how that God exists. "You ask me, wh...

a cause. The best solution for the primal cause of the universe is God; therefore, God exists. However, this brings up the questio...

course, defines that which is proper conduct, it distinguishes right from wrong; morality points to proper behavior that serves so...

patients who were able to learn the art of "conscious relaxation" not only were able to quit smoking and eat better, but showed im...

that he be deceived since God is supremely good. Nevertheless, it does appear to Descartes that there is a good possibility that G...

idea that nothing comes from nothing. Reality in itself must come from a cause that is at least equal if not more so than its effe...

speaker is Philo, a religious skeptic (Johnson 266). The discussion is chiefly between Philo and Cleanthes, with occasional remar...

be a less sure guide than revelation; however, Aquinas did believe it possible to reach certain truths without the aid of revelati...

is Anselms primary opponent in his argument regarding the existence of God. Kants separation between the analytic and the synthet...

constant when the resultant external force acting on the system is zero" and if the system is the universe there are no external f...

various things as they approach in diverse ways toward something that is the greatest, just as in the case of hotter (more hot) wh...

cause of the effect must possess as much reality as the effect. Furthermore, Descartes asserts that any cause must have as much p...

argue Gods existence within its own definition. Without any sort of relationship with other concrete statements, the entire argume...

Arguments for the Existence of God Rene Descartes (1596-1650) is known as one of the most influential Western philosophers today....

supporters of the argument from design see a babys perfect little fingers with unique fingerprints and the fact that the honey bee...

is a rather immense task that philosophers have been dealing with for quite some time. The fact that no one can know the answer f...

of the world (1993). Yet, one can see this in action in smaller ways. Another way to look at the world is through the model called...

broke the argument down in a much easier argument (Palmer, 2002). Descartes began with the premise that God is the only being who ...

by humanity, without turning to any other body of factual information or knowledge. In other words, it is possible for people to c...

from the Appearances of Nature (Beebe, 2002). In this text, Paley wrote: There cannot be design without a designer; contrivance wi...

the meditations is not to prove what they establish, but rather to show how the world of physics could be mapped reliably and inde...

experiences were possible (Gogan, 2006). This author indicates this in the following: "Kant gets rid of the usual foundation for r...