[Note: I am new to the faith] There seems to be an argument amongst Non-Christians and Christians that follow like this. 1. The Catholic Church believes that Mary is a perpetual virgin. 2. Jesus had biological brothers 3. Therefore, Mary was not a perpetual virgin. 4. Therefore, the Catholic Church…

Decided to share some arguments for Classical Theism I found. I got the arguments from a wonderful video that I will link below. If you’d love to see some responses to these arguments I highly recommend watching the video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bJkTg_Z_hw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idma_oyto7M Classical Theism roughly is the view that God is…

These are some arguments I found against Divine Simplicity, I will begin writing specifically on Philosophy of Religion, Theology, and Metaphysics for the next few months. To hear these arguments put forth and rebutted in a debate style I recommend watching this youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhke5_tk6N0 If classical theism is true…

This was a writing assessment that includes a literature review of assigned and unassigned readings in the course. The assignment required that I utilized research skills and resources to find articles that enhance their knowledge of the selected topic. …

This is a paper I wrote in my Honors Seminar Course. This paper includes both politics and philosophy. The first literature review examines a general introduction to Black ideology or political theory. Please use APSA citation style. Literature Review The Problems With Defining Black Ideology Black Ideology has been a…

These are some notes I’ve took from Luca Moretti’s paper Phenomenal Conservatism. [1] Also from Micheal Huemer’s IEP post [2]. Phenomenal conservatism is the belief that the way things appear or seem to be is a source of epistemic justification. According to phenomenal conservatism, one can have some reason for…

Skepticism about the External World The type of skepticism that Moore was concerned with refuting was of the kind that argues that our beliefs are unjustified. So the skeptic isn’t trying to argue that the external world does not exist, but rather that we have no good reason to believe the external world exists, or…

Wittgenstein’s epistemology can be traced back to his groundbreaking book On Certainty where he writes: 341. The questions that we raise and our doubts depend on the fact that some propositions are exempt from doubt, are as it were like hinges on which those turn. 342. That is to say…

Affirms Analytic Synthetic Distinction (Denies Synthetic A Priori) Analytic: Apriori and Necessary Synthetic: A Posteriori and Contingent Meaningful and Senseless Propositions Meaningful: Analytic and Synthetic Senseless: Metaphysical and Non-Verifiable and Synthetic A Priori Demarcation Problem Is there a line that can be drawn between things that are meaningful and things…