Philosophy of Religion 1 Flashcards
Do Philosophers take faith as an option?
No
What was Socrates known as?
‘The gadfly of Athens’
What did Hypatia teach in Alexandria
Philosophy and Astronomy.
Plato was good at 3 things. What are they?
Plato was a good student, a good playwrite and a great wrestler.
Philosophy is not (1)
Believing whatever your parents told you.
Philosophy is not (2)
The study of the bible.
Philosophy is not (3)
Reliegous Anthropology (comparing beliefs)
Philosophy is not (4)
Religious Sociology (related to spiritual concers or scared concers).
Philosophy is not (5)
Phycological understanding of our reasons for reliegous beliefs (To claim to the something unimaginable.)
Who was Anselem of Canerbury?
A philisopher who tried to prove gods existence.
What did Anselm say about god?
God is the best thing we can ever imagine.
What are the 2 ways anything can exist?
Anything can either exist in our minds or in our minds and in reality.
Who was Guanolo?
Guanolo was someone who countered Anselms arguement.
How did Guanolo argue against Anselm arguement?
Guanolo said that we could use this for anything.
What example did Guanolo give to counter anselms arguement?
Guonolo said that the best island I can imagine is one where I can swim and relax on a tropical beach and ski down now mountains all in a day. This does not exist so there must be one better.
How did Anselm respond to Guanolo’s arguement?
Anslm said that he missed the point and the theory can only be used of nessecary beings - God.
What is the parable of the invisilbe garden?
Person a and B return to their garden after a long time. Some of their plants are still growing. Person a says there must be a gardener doing some work. They decide to wait but no-one comes. After some time A says that the gardener must be invisible. So they set up traps and sensing dogs. Later A says that the gardener must be invisible, unsmellable and untangable. Person B says What is the difference between un invisible, untangable, unsmellable and completely undetectable and no gardener at all.
Who does the gardener represent in the parable of the invisible gardener?
God.
