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Arts & Humanities > Schools of Thought Review of the Cosmological argument for the existence of God

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The cosmological argument is an argument which seeks to prove the existence of God. It was started in ancient Greece by Plato and Aristotle (Plato's Laws and Aristotle's Physics) and went on to be developed by both Christian philosophers and Muslim philosophers. Some of the main philosophers who took this idea on were Thomas ... More..

Arts & Humanities > Philosophy (Other) A comparative study of Eastern and Western philosophers

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An Introduction to Philosophy"Philosophy" comes from the Greek word, Philosophia. This word can be broken down into two "sub-words" and through this it's true definition can be deciphered. "Philo" is a word which means love and "Sophia" is a word which means wisdom. Wisdom might include intellectual knowledge and understandin... More..

Arts & Humanities > Schools of Thought Review of the Ontological argument for the existence of God

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The ontological argument is one which seeks to prove God's existence a prior (i.e. using reason alone). It was first proposed by St. Anselm of Canterbury in chapter 2 of, his book, the Proslogion. Some of the advocates of this argument included Plantinga, Descartes and St. Anselm. Some of the people who criticised this argume... More..

Religion & Spirituality > Islam Is music prohibited by the Sharia

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I thnk the basis of all these fatwa's against music are based on only one hadith. This hadith specifically prohibits,"...wine and music". This, if you interpret it carefully in a Western context, means music that is played while alcohol is being served. That is the kind of music we must stay away from (i.e. erotic music etc).... More..

Politics, News & Issues > Political & Economic Theory Explaining socialism

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Socialism refers to a broad array of doctrines or political movements that envisage a socio-economic system in which property and the distribution of wealth are subject to social control. As an economic system, socialism is usually associated with state or collective ownership of the means of production. This control, accordi... More..

Arts & Humanities > Political Philosophy Review of Hegel's concept of God

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IntroductionGeorg Wilhelm Friederich Hegel was born in Stuttgart, Wurttemberg (modern southern Germany) on the 27th day of August 1770. His influenced other philosophers of varying degrees such as Sartre, Marx and Feuerbach. Hegel most notable ideas and/or discoveries are that history and the concrete are important in getting... More..

Arts & Humanities > Awareness & Reality To what extent is the nominalist a more convincing explanation of epistemology than the realist?

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To answer the above question one must first define a "nominalist" and a "realist" and delve into the overall problem that they both contribute to.Both nominalism and realism arose as a reaction to the problem known as "the problem of the universals". This problem refers to a big collection of unsolved puzzles within the realm... More..

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