PHI 2397 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Averroes, Austrian School, Friedrich Nietzsche

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHI 2397
• Professor: Carolyn Gordon

Document Summary

It is a business deal, of sorts; god wants you to pray so you can receive the benefit of prayer. In the end, euthyphro cannot answer what it means to be good. 12th century, spanish: argued that one needs to have reason in order to interpret religion, claimed religion came in layers, those with greater reasoning had more insight into the religion while those without could blindly accept it. 13th century, italian: argued that faith and reason compliment each other, he (cid:271)elie(cid:448)ed that (cid:396)easo(cid:374) (cid:272)a(cid:374) p(cid:396)o(cid:448)e god"s e(cid:454)iste(cid:374)(cid:272)e (cid:894)i. e. so(cid:373)ethi(cid:374)g (cid:272)a(cid:374)(cid:374)ot come from nothing, faith is needed for the details (i. e. trinity) 17th century, dutch: argued that god chose people to speak through, and did so based on like of mind, god"s (cid:449)o(cid:396)d is pa(cid:396)t-god / part-human imagination. It is undeniable that if you believe in religion then you must (cid:271)elie(cid:448)e that hu(cid:373)a(cid:374)s ha(cid:448)e so(cid:373)e i(cid:374)put i(cid:374)to god"s (cid:396)eligio(cid:374: the human mind (reason) is intrinsically linked with religious texts.