PHLA10H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Omnipotence, Fallacy, Reductio Ad Absurdum
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Faith and reason: philosophy looks for reason through arguments not authority. The 5 ways of aquinas: aquinas" god is: If so then his power is limited; if not then his power is limited. Note that descartes believed that god operated at a level above human logic; he would be able to both lift and create this hypothetical stone: way 1: motion: Therefore, there is a first cause of motion. This first cause cannot be another moving body, so it is something outside" the world. Perhaps god: way 2: general causation. No events occurs unless it has a cause. An infinite chain of causes is impossible. Therefore there is a first event: . Therefore there must be something outside the world that causes the first event . Must have a cause, but it cannot be another event in the world. perhaps god. Problems with the first 2 ways: some premises are questionable ex. Aristotelean vs. newtonian physics: aristotle: believe aquinas" premise.
