PHIL-357 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Survivalism, Cosmological Argument, Reason
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Reasoning only works in the sense that it draws on universally applicable conclusions (governed. James argues that the deeper source of religion is in the feeling. Cosmological argument: there must have been a first cause to end the infinite chain. Creationism argument: everything is so perfectly designed that there must be an intelligent. The theological formula is a secondary product of a single persons experience. But experience may be too private to be a universal; the experience corroborates for the. Poor arguments: an attempt to persuade many people through validity and soundness. Ex: ex consensu gentium: (cid:862)(cid:272)o(cid:374)se(cid:374)sus(cid:863) the (cid:271)elief that (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause the (cid:271)elief i(cid:374) god is so (cid:449)idespread. Moral law: the moral law presupposes that a lawmaker must exist. Insofar as humans recognize morality as an objective belief, there must be a source of objective belief. Others argue objective truths are based in reason, or that there are no objective moral right and wrong.
