PHLA10H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Reductio Ad Absurdum, Possible World
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Why are there so many different religions: basic questions. What evidence for god? (metaphysics questions about the nature of things) Faith and reason: philosophy looks for reasons through arguments, arguments not authority; authority is useless to us, faith is not a philosophical argument. Aquinas is a medieval theologian and philosopher who, in his book, presents five proofs that god exists. Each of his arguments begins with a simple observation that is supposed to be obvious to everyone. Each argument then proceeds through various other premises to the conclusion that there is a god: aquinas intends each of his proofs to be deductively valid. According to aquinas, god is : a person: you have a personal relationship with god, omnipotent: god is all-powerful. He has all the knowledge in the world: omni-benevolent: god is entirely good. He has no weaknesses and no evil in.
