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What is the best approach to writing a philosophy/philosophy and ethics essay?

Firstly, this answer is by no means extensive and may not apply to every single essay question. Often, philosophy/philosophy and ethics essays include a section where you need to predominantly outline and...

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What is Descartes ontological argument for the existence of God?

Descartes ontological argument is found in his 5th Meditation. In order to make things clear and easy to understand it is best to outline the argument in premise form, for your sake and the examiner's.

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The weaknesses of the Religious Experience argument could lead to its rejection. Discuss (12m)

The psychological challenge offers a questionable argument against the Religious Experience argument. Hobbes said, ‘when a man tells me he has seen God in a dream, he is telling me that he has dreamt he h...

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What is a "prayer of intercession"? provide an example.

A prayer of intercession is any prayer that asks God to intervene in something for instance relatives of someone with cancer could pray for God to make their family member better.

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What is the difference between Falsificationism and Verificationism? Give a religious example of where they would disagree about the meaningfulness of a statement.

Falsificationism is the belief that the only propositions that are meaningful are those that give conditions under which they could be proven false. This differs from Verificationism that holds that the o...

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