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Dylan

`There must be a reason to account for the existence of the universe.` Discuss

`There must be a reason to account for the existence of the universe.` Discuss It is natural that humans question how and why our universe exists as Aristotle himself remarked ...
Robbie

Review: Brian Garvey`s "Absence Of Evidence, Evidence Of Absence, And The Atheist`s Teapot"

Brian Garvey`s "Absence of Evidence, Evidence of Absence, and the Atheist`s Teapot" critiques the teapot argument advanced by Bertrand Russell and Richard Dawkins.[1] This argument...
Robbie

Does the existence of the world need an explanation? Discuss with reference to any one version of the cosmological argument.

Cosmological arguments aim to show that the universe is a contingent thing the existence of which is explained by a necessary being identified by theists as God. The version of the...
Robbie

The logical problem of evil no longer presents a challenge for religious believers, but the evidential argument from evil cannot be overcome. Discuss.

The logical problem of evil and evidential argument from evil are deductive and inductive arguments respectively. The former aims to disprove theism by showing a priori that its co...
Robbie

The nature and value of 4C Thinking and how this framework can be made useful to students in their learning and their lives.

The 4C Thinking (4CT) framework for group philosophical enquiry has been influenced by educationalists and philosophers such as Vygotsky, Piaget and Dewey, but in this essay I shal...
Oliver

How does thought resist its own tendency towards dogmatism, and why should it do so?

How does thought resist its own tendency towards dogmatism, and why should it do so? What are you doing when you re thinking? The concept of thought is incredibly complex. To writ...
Tom

How to make people listen - a lesson on influence

Can you relate to any of the following scenarios? You lecture your children but they won t listen You try to influence your friend to take that job but he w...
Matteo

How to write a philosophy essay

How to Write A Philosophy Essay – The Battlefield AnalogyThink of yourself as the general of an army, you’re going up against another army, you don’t want to get on to the ba...
Victor

Critically Examine Aristotle’s Theory of Causation

IntroductionAristotle was one of the most influential and ground-breaking philosophers of his time he defied not only the moral sceptics at the time, but also his teacher Plato, who...
Kelvin

Is it an oversimplification to claim that some Ways of Knowing give us facts while others provide interpretations?

We know about the world through the four different ways of knowing: sense perception, language, reason and emotion. Each serves its powerful role in building our knowle...
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