Arguments for the existence of God

Question 1

What is a posteriori?

Answer 1

On the basis of experience; used of an argument such as the cosmological argument, based on experience or empirical evidence

Question 2

what is a priori?

Answer 2

Without or prior to experience, used of an argument such as the ontological argument which is based on acquired knowledge independent of or prior to experience

Question 3

Aesthetic?

Answer 3

Relating to beauty

Question 4

Anselm

Answer 4

St Anselm of Canterbury, formed the ontological argument which showed how the existence of god could be undertsnad on the basis of reason alone

Question 5

What is the anthropic argument?

Answer 5

A teological argument that claims that nature has been planned in advance for the needs of human beings

Question 6

Who was aquinas?

Answer 6

A Dominican priest, commonly regarded as the most influcenail philosopher. Known for the summa theological, summarised the five ways for the existence of god and the summa contra gentiles

Question 7

Definition of an argument?

Answer 7

A set of statements which is such that one of them (the conclusion) is supported or implied by the others (the premises)

Question 8

What are beings?

Answer 8

Not just human beings but anything that has a property