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causes and effects must occupy the same domain be relevantly similar b the physical is causally closed privacy. Materialism:. Human persons are wholly material—every part of a person, including the mind, is a material body.. Dualism. : . Human persons are not wholly material—they have both material . bodies and immaterial minds. Reading. Read Chapter 2 of Kim (Can skip or skim over 35-46). Read Descartes Selections (. pgs. 1-15) in the reader. . Focus . especially on pages 1-3, 5-7 and 12. -14.. The mind body problem. The mystery is how minds could possibly arise out of seemingly mindless matter.. Introduction to Philosophy. Jason M. Chang. Lecture outline. Mind/body dualism. Materialism views. Behaviorism. Mind-brain identity theory. About this view. Dominant historical view. Common sense view today. . Descartes - b.1596 d.1650. Not a skeptic – “there really is a world, that men have bodies, and the like (things which no one of sound mind has ever seriously doubted)”. Is he a dualist? . Most people would say so, because of his discussion the mind and the body, yet God is neither mind nor body, so Descartes is something more.. How . to . doubt and have faith without exploding. Travis M. Dickinson. Doubting. Do you fly?. Doubting. Doubting. Typical prescription for doubt. Wait it out. Treat symptoms as best you can. Hope it goes away. CPC Adult Education. November 10. th. , 2013. Background. Malcolm Gladwell, staff writer for . The New Yorker. Four books on the . New York Times. bestseller list. Newest title: . David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits and the Art of Battling Giants. René. . Descartes. Principles of Philosophy. (1644). #1. THAT in order to seek truth, it is necessary once in the course of our life, to doubt, as far as possible, of all things.. #2. That we ought also to consider as false all that is doubtful.. Teleological Argument . Psalm 8:5, 19:1. January 29, 2017. Existence of God:. Teleological Argument. No one thinks Mr. Rubik just by chance caught the Rubik Cube from an explosion at a plastic factory. . I thought love was only true . in fairy tales. Meant for someone else . but not for me. . A love was out to get me, . that’s the way it seemed. . Disappointment, . heartache, . all my dreams. Then I saw His face, . of God. Does God Exist? . Philosophical Question: whether God exists or not (reason alone). The answer is not . self-evident. , that is, not known immediately nor undeniable*. *However, its deniability is the result, not of logical arguments, but of a failure of logic.. . –. . Paul Tillich. Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd. . – Voltaire. Doubt. Doubt. Bad Concepts of God #1: Old Bearded Man. Bad Concepts of God #2: Cosmic Chess-Player. Two myths about doubt. A fundamental approach to take toward our doubts. The main cause of our doubts. The kinds of doubt we have. When in doubt.... Doubting God's love or goodness. Four Major Areas of Doubt. Perceptual . Knowledge. The Goal. Descartes wanted certainty.. How can we know, for sure, that science is on a sure footing?. How do we guard against discovering, centuries from now, we were wrong about basic observations on which science is built?. Twelve Angry Men What is Reasonable Doubt? In the United States, juries must be instructed to apply the reasonable doubt standard when determining the guilt or innocence of a criminal defendant , but there is much