Tuesday, 21 June 2011

a) Explain the theodicy of Irenaeus (25).

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This essay has been written because I feel that some text books lack a coherent account of what Irenaeus actually said. Please feel free to...
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Saturday, 11 June 2011

Consider the view that scripture is divinely inspired (35).

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The notion of scripture being divinely inspired is riddled with philosophical problems. Some of the issues arising from it being divinely in...
Wednesday, 8 June 2011

a) Explain Aristotle’s understanding of the four causes (25).

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As with the rest of the essays on this blog, this was written in timed conditions (30 minutes). This question was on an examination paper i...
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Thursday, 13 January 2011

(b) ‘Plato does not value experience enough.’ Discuss. (10 marks)

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A time limit of 15 mins was given for this. The key questions are whether Plato does undervalue experience and whether he is correct in assu...

(a) Explain Plato’s analogy of the cave (25 marks)

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Again this has been written in a time limit. I allow 30 mins for part (a). In Republic book VII Plato explains his analogy of the cave (an a...
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Sunday, 14 March 2010

An explanation of Kant's moral argument

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Kant’s moral argument focuses on the notion that God must exist to provide structure to the moral universe. Technically he did not believe...
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‘Kant’s moral argument cannot be defended.’ Discuss.

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The claim that Kant’s moral argument cannot be defended is questionable. Freud is someone who would agree with this claim. For Freud our m...