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What is the difference between rationalism and empiricism?

Rationalism refers to a school of thought which prioritises reason as the main source of knowledge. It hold the belief that we can know things about the world through reasoning alone, without any physical...

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What is the inconsistent triad?

Key Terms: Omnipotent: all-powerful, God can do anything. Omnibenevolent: all-loving, God loves everybody and everything. Evil: a cause of human suffering Natural evil: evil/suffering caused by nature Mor...

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I'm having trouble understanding and remembering the Utilitarianism Felicific calculus, can you help me remember it?

First of all, don't panic. Every philosopher gets their head into a spin with theories, and if they don't they probably aren't understanding it all...
So Bentham's Utilitarianism can be broken down r...

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Examine one argument for the existence of God.

There are three main arguments for God’s existence: the Ontological Argument, the Teleological Argument and the Cosmological Argument. Each argument has been examined in different ways by different philos...

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What does it mean to say that a philosophical theory is deontological?

Deontoligoal ethics, also known as duty-based ethics, are concerned with what people do, not with the consequences of their actions. Deontology teaches that some actions are right or wrong in themselves, ...

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