PHL 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Theodicy, Theistic Evolution, Theism
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Two arguments: a posteriori arguments (experience, cosmological argument (thomas aquinas) - probabilistic. The five ways : argument from motion, whatever is moved must be moved by another (prime mover: Defines god that than which nothing greater can be conceived : god is the greatest possible being, the idea does exist in the mind even of the doubter (every human being. It is greater to exist in reality than in the mind only has the idea of the existence of god: god must exist in reality also, anselm assumes: Existence is a predicate (attribute: kant attacks the argument on these two points. Existence is not a perfection, it is a condition for any perfections. Existence is not a predicate: moral argument (kant) There is an objective moral law - absolute law requires an absolute law giver; god. It is universal: but is misapprehended and misappropriated (this accounts for cultural differences).
