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In Defence of a Medieval Ontological Argument? By : Jon Vacher Can the ontological argument as presented by Anselm and Scotus be defended against the objections of Aquinas and Ockham? I shall merge the arguments of Anselm and Scotus together as it shall benefit the conclusion that we have looked at the arguments themselves in their best possible light rather than as pieces drawn from separate individuals. It is my thesis that the ontological argument in question cannot be defended against the objections raised. Speculative and Theoretical By : ihowards Truth, good and beauty. Every man thrives to accomplish and have their own perception of the 3. One man's good can be another man's evil. Right and wrong is, in aspect, wrong and right. Wittgenstein and Quine on the Problem of Intensionality By : Tamela Ice Ludwig Wittgenstein and W. V. O. Quine attempt a similar resolution to the problem of the logical form of intensional propositions (often referred to as prepositional attitudes or reported speech). Some examples of intensional propositions include “Genet said that crime is the highest form of sensuality”, “Mary thinks that Henry is in love with her”, or “Amy believes Tom is a killer.” Intensional propositions are mental states, that is, what is stated is the thought of the speaker. Euclid’s “Elements” in Science of the World By : Andrew Schwartz This article tells about the science of the ancient Greece and makes an emphasize on Euclid’s “Elements”. It lists the books it consists of and describes the topic of each of them. Stamp Collecting in Science By : Hane Htut Maung It is an often-held view that physics is the one elementary science that deals with the basic laws of nature, whereas all other sciences are merely involved in the arbitrary classification of phenomena that are, in principle, reducible to these basic laws. This essay argues against this viewpoint, and proposes that other sciences can also be considered to be elementary in their own right. Zombies and Consciousness By : Andrew Lee An examination upon the plausibility of philosophical zombies. Animism and Mythology By : Khuram Animism was among the first ever ideology of humans. This article attempts to describe how it might have been originated and then how it gave birth to various mythologies. Nature of Animism and Mythology gives important clues for finding the true human essence. Husserl, Aquinas, Sankara - A possible mathesis universalis By : Jim Ruddy I am an ex-Dominican priest who taught at the West Coast Dominican seminary (DSPT) as well as The GTU from 1975-80. My classes dealt with Aquinas, Husserl and Indian Philosophy. In 1984, I left teaching and went into business. I got my doctorate at the University of Madras, Chennai, India, in 1979, where my thesis provided the logical groundwork for a new phenomenology of relation-like rather than thing-like lived-through experience. This article tells about this new science. Our Improbable Existence and the Multiple Universe Hypothesis By : Brian Crabb An explanation for the rationale underpinning the multiple-universe hypothesis. The author argues that the assumption that there are or have been many universes does deflate the amazement we experience on finding that we exist. To that extent, therefore, the said hypothesis is supported by the evidence. Plantinga’s Criticism of Kant’s Objections to Anselm’s By : Tamela Ice In this paper, I will explicate Plantinga’s rendering of Anselm’s argument in modal terms followed by his criticisms of what he considers to be the most important of Kant’s objections. I will then clarify Plantinga’s own modal version of the ontological argument. Finally, I will address Plantinga’s claim that Kant’s objections are irrelevant and unjustified. I will show that Plantinga commits two logical errors: begging the question and inconsistency. Moreover, I claim that Plantinga’s versi How Might Camus Critique Fichte's Notion of God and the Religion of By : Tamela Ice In his essay, “On the Basis of Our Belief in a Divine Governance of the World,” Fichte claims that belief in what religion calls God is really belief in a moral principle (e.g., Kant’s Categorical Imperative). Fichte also claims that the true religion is that of “joyful right action.” In this paper, I will explain why Camus rejects Fichte’s notion of God as a moral principle as well as Fichte’s religion of joyful right action. In the first part of this paper, I will explain how Fichte unites ALIENATION AND ESTRANGEMENT IN HEGEL’S By : Dr. Tamela Ice Renewed interest in Hegel’s understanding of alienation in Phenomenology of Spirit points to misunderstandings of Hegel that arise from equating ‘alienation’ with ‘estrangement,’ and a failure to see Hegel’s distinction between positive and negative alienation. In this paper, I will provide some of the more general definitions of ‘alienation.’ I will briefly note criticisms of Hegel’s resolution that result from these definitions. Next, I will explicate David Duquette’s and Philip Kain’s anal Fading and Dancing Qualia - Moving and Shaking Arguments. By : Brian Crabb A response to David Chalmers' paper "Absent Qualia, Fading Qualia, Dancing Qualia." Plato, Aristotle, and Me on the Contemplative Life and Retirement By : Bernie Dahl M.D. Bernie Dahl, M.D., author, mountaineer, keynote speaker, philosopher, and humourist shares his efforts to find the ideal life in retirement. What I Have Learnt from the Human Race By : Lomax A few of the most insightful and important things which I have learnt. Time Travel and Mortality - A Problem with Subjective Time. By : Brian Crabb The author points to two compelling intuitions about time. The first is that people really do die, and that to be dead is to be absolutely dead. Socrates is absolutely dead because he died in 399BC, and the objective 'world-time' does not fall within his lifespan. The second is that time travel into the past presupposes at the very least that the traveller continues to experience his personal or subjective time as usual, but relocated objectively into the past. Hence the paradox .. Hume's Discussion on the Personal Identity By : Desh Raj Sirswal Here I have discussed about Hume's conception of Personal identity according to his Treatise to Human Nature. Spinoza and Substance Monism By : IrvingWashington An attempt to show the inadequacy of Spinoza's arguments for substance monism, based upon the text of The Ethics and others interpretations of the arguments offered. I attempt to indicate where an alternative argument for substance monism can be found in The Ethics.

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