PHL 187 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Ontological Commitment, Gaunilo Of Marmoutiers, Ontological Argument
29 Jan 2016
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Perfect and imperfect adaption is based on the evidence on whether life is related or not. Imperfect adaption is that life on earth is not perfectly adapted to their environment. This means that organisms have a common ancestor and precedes by evolution. In order to better suit the environment, organisms must change. However, perfect adaption provides weaker evidence that all living things have a common ancestor. When two hypotheses are predictively equivalent it refers to the fact that there are same observations to explain a similar phenomenon. In order to distinct between the two hypotheses, one must use the two theories, ockham"s razor or principle of. Posteriori: (your experiences: my birthday is on july 18 1996, the philosophy tutorial is in sw 209, my dad drives a hyundai. Priori: (based on facts, knowledge, math: all chickens are birds, 7 times 7 is 49, blue is a colour, outline the basic form of the ontological argument.
