PHIL 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: List Of Buddhist Festivals, Ontological Argument, A Priori And A Posteriori
28 Nov 2016
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Religion is a force that motivates millions: hajj muslim pilgrimage, mecca, kumbh mela hindu pilgrimage, lanna yi peng buddhist festival, thailand. Religious leaders project a small image (ornate clothing) and they perform religious rituals: some religious rituals are odd, even bloody. It is moving to experience them or watch. Religions have been associated with the rise and fall of empires. Religions have helped people do good things and bad things. None of this would be possible without the idea of god. Loving, just, merciful, gracious, jealous, free, sovereign. Around the world: religious: 63, convinced atheists: 11% A priori arguments (a priori = independent of any experience: ontological argument. Dedu(cid:272)es god"s e(cid:454)iste(cid:374)(cid:272)e fro(cid:373) the logi(cid:272)al a(cid:374)al(cid:455)sis of the (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:272)ept of god. A posteriori arguments (a posteriori = dependent of experience: cosmological argument. From the fact that the universe exists: argument from design. Teleological; teleos = purpose: argument from religious experience. Aristotle, plato, ghazali, averroes, aquinas, spinoza, richard swinburne, william lane.
