Hey guys,
I don't see a post from our other author, so I guess I am stuck taking care of it.
From what I remember, we spent class talking about our project. Everyone know about Boethius by next class! Anyway, we also discussed what everyone thought about how people choose religions and the like. I don't remember specifics since I was not expecting to be posting this week, but that was the rub of our discussion.
Brandon
I'll try to become an author if need be.
ReplyDeleteFQ: In what book did Thomas Aquinas outline his five arguments for the existence of God? (Summa Theologica)
DQ: Guanilo criticized Anselm's reasoning that the very idea of God proved his existence. He used an example of a perfect island, but Anselm argued that God is the only necessarily existing being. Could you accept that theory or would you side with Guanilo?
Boethius Quotes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3km46z47uY
Kristin (16-3)
DeleteI'd have to say I'm on Guanilo's side. I can't understand Anselm's reasoning at all: just because we can imagine a perfect being, it must exist? Maybe I'm misunderstanding his argument, but it doesn't make any sense to me.
Anthony Helton 16-3
ReplyDeleteGood job guys haha that is my comment
I second this reply as my comment too
DeleteThats a cool discussion on how people choose their religions. Thats a good topic to spend sometime thinking about.
ReplyDeletegroup1 (17)
Posting here because I haven't seen a post by group 1 from last class yet. I'd like to know more about Boethius's philosophy on a timeless existence. Actually, I recently came across an article on how scientists may now be able to prove that the universe is indeed timeless with the discovery of the amplituhedron, but I can't find it at the moment, so I'm just going to link to a video talking about the potential for a timeless dimension.
ReplyDeleteFQ: Which Greek philosopher did Aquinas share in his foundation of ethical beliefs?
DQ: Is it more important to consider ethics with or without the dimension of religion being involved?
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=timeless-zone-universe-sean-carroll
Hello Jonathan you have a really good factual question, however you forgot to include the answer in your post.
DeleteFQ:Boethius wrote "De consolatione philosophiae" where? (prison)
ReplyDeleteDQ: Do you agree with Boethius' views on free-will?
I hope we have more to talk about next time!
http://youtu.be/yuW7AY93S5M
16-2
DeleteI agree that Aquinas's idea that God must exist because we can imagine him doesn't make much sense,
ReplyDeleteWhat would the world be like with no religions? Or perhaps just one the entire world believed in?
ReplyDeleteI feel that there would still be something people would worship because religion is also very cultural and brings people together.
DeleteI will volunteer myself to reduce our groups FQ's to 10 by this afternoon, and will sent it to one of the authors to post.
ReplyDeleteFQ: What British philosopher founded Utilitarianism? [ Jeremy Bentham]
DQ: What role does the conscience play in your decision making and actions?
http://www.toonpool.com/cartoons/conscience%20guide%20sociopath_105604
FQ: Who taught at Harvard University until his death? (Robert Nozick)
ReplyDeleteDQ: Why don't we take political philosophy seriously?
http://youtu.be/dube_eTjgRA
Does God's existence completely rely on our imagination?
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