Chapter 8 Flashcards
Theology
Study of god
Principle of reason
Laws that define rationality
Law of contradiction
No statement can be true and false
Scholasticism
Stressed logical and learning for the sake of learning
Arguement from motion
There must be a first mover
What are the cosmological arguments
It is impossible to create its own existence. So god must exist
The arguement for cause
Something must cause something else. First causer
Arguement from necessity
If nothing existed why does stuff exist?
Principle of sufficient reason
Nothing happens without a reason
Principle of plenitude
In infinity any possility must accur at least once
Arguement from gradation
There must be a highest lvl of intelligence
Teleological arguement
There must be source of centeral intelligence