Philosophy 1000 Lecture Notes - Ontological Argument, Heart Failure, Pure Mathematics
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Many topics which are today considered sciences started out as philosophies. Philosophy emerged in ancient greece and india the same time as the development of mathematics: euclid. 5 axiom proofs of systems of geometry. Wrote treatises on philosophy, physics, biology, rhetoric, etc. Work was lost, brought back to europe by the arabs in the. Philosophies focus on making a case : arrive at a conclusion based on reasoning. Making a case leads to arguments: has a premise and a conclusion, good argument. Assuming the conclusion as the premise: evaluating arguments. Arguments in support of premises but there has to be an end: authority, observation/personal experience, pure reason (math) Evaluating authorities: when can we rely on a source of information. Unlike greek, scandinavian or other gods that have supernatural powers but still have weakness and limits. The monotheistic god is: omnipotent, omniscient, perfectly benevolent. Pro: the ontological argument (anselm, descartes , cosmological (aquinas, teleological/design (aquinas, paley )