PHLA10H3 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - God, Soul, René Descartes
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Philosophy - not the love of wisdom but the nature of universe. Precursor of all the hard and soft sciences we know. Value of philosophy - is not in the immediate goods it produces, *insert russell quote about the value of philosophy* Epi approach: how can we know god exists. Meta approach: how can we prove god exists. Theism and atheism are claims about beliefs. Gnostic and agnostic are claims about knowledge. I believe in god and i know that. I do not believe in god and i know that god does not exist. I believe in god but my belief could be wrong. I do not believe in god but my belief could be wrong. In latin it means what comes after, meaning what comes after experience. In the case of any positive truth there is some sufficient reason for it there is some sort of explanation, known or unknown for everything.
