MODR 1770 Study Guide - Final Guide: Final Analysis, Extraordinary Measures, Rule Utilitarianism

• School: York University
• Department: Modes Of Reasoning
• Course: MODR 1770
• Professor: Glen Hoffmann

Document Summary

Question #1 (1) outline aquinas" argument from motion in support of god"s existence and sober"s. Aquinas presents five proofs for the existence of god. Each of these proofs represents a way in which god"s existence can be proven from some feature of the cosmos. In the final analysis, we seem to be dealing with abductive arguments, arguments in which we infer the probable existence of an unobservable thing (god) from an observable thing (some feature of the cosmos). The argument from motion: we infer the probable existence of god from the existence of. There are moving objects, and god must be the original mover of these objects. From the fact that there are objects in motion, something must have caused them to move other than themselves. There cannot be an infinite chain of causes. We must trace this motion back to an original mover: god. The argument can be standardized as follows (sober, p. 38):