PHIL110A Study Guide - Final Guide: Allocution, Blaise Pascal, Polymath
3 Sep 2016
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What arguments support and oppose the claim that. Not weather a thing is true, but weather we require experience to make the claim . A priori ( from the earlier ) arguments are independent of experience. The fact is in the definition and not discovered. Examples: all bachelors are unmarried, what goes up must come down. A posteriori ( from the latter ) arguments are dependent on experience or testimony from others. Examples: all bachelors are polyamorous, this floor is flat. St. anselm of canterbury (born in 1033 in burgundy which is present-day italy) wrote the. Its original name translated to faith in quest of understanding . Note, he did not try to replace faith with understanding but rather viewed the two as complimentary. Anselm thought faith was active and volitional (a matter of will). Proslogion translates to allocution (a formal speech) and it is a proof of the existence of god.
