What is aquinas argument from contingency and necessity? -ZAW

Ace your homework & exams now with Quizwiz!

What was the aim of aquinas' argument

-Was to explain why there is something rathe than nothing -to pave the existence of God -he could use reason to build upon faith

What does the argument consist of?

-suppose every thing that exists is contingent -if you go back far enough, you will find nothing and something can't come form nothing which is absurd -therefore there must be a necessary being that is capable of making something out of nothing -aquinas believes that necessary being is God

What was the starting point to aquinas argument?

-the bible

Define deductive

An argument that is based off of evidence -a certain conclusion -e.g. Mark is a man, all men like chocolate therefore mark likes chocolate

Define inductive

An argument that is based off of probability -an uncertain conclusion -e.g. Swan 1 and 2 are white but not all swans are white therefore it is possible that all swans are white

What is the style of reasoning of this argument?

Reductio ad obserdum -when you take a supposition, prove this to be false in order to show something else to be true

Define contingent

Something that depends o something else to exist. E.g. The table is contingnt upon wood

Define necessary

Something that doesn't depend on anything to exist and it cannot not exist E.g. God


Related study sets

Chapter 12 - Spatial Orientation and the Vestibular System

View Set

Unit 8 - Review Questions Real Estate Brokerage

View Set

Art History - Chapter 8 - Late Antiquity, Byzantium and The Middle Ages: The Byzantine Empire, ART HISTORY: CHAPTER 9: BYZANTINE, Art History-Byzantium Empire, Survey of Art I - Day 19 - Quiz 3 Study Guide (Days 15-18), Pompeii and Herculaneum, class...

View Set

R:Chapter 69: The High-Risk Newborn

View Set

Biology 1406- Final @ Lee College

View Set

Ch.4 - How to retrieve data from two or more tables

View Set

software engineering collection 1

View Set

Chapter 23 Study Guide - Shorter Answers

View Set

Chapter 4: Documentation and Interprofessional Communication

View Set