Anselm and the Argument for God: Crash Course Philosophy #9
Today we are introducing a new area of philosophy – philosophy of religion. We are starting this unit off with Anselm's argument for God's existence, while also considering objections...
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Crash Course Philosophy is brought to you by Squarespace.Squarespace: share your passion with the world.It’s about time that we had a serious talk about religion.The philosophy of religion is often confused with theology, which makes sense, because they both take God and religion as their subjects.But theology starts by assuming that God exists, and then figures out what follows.Or theology might try to solve philosophical problems that might arise from a belief in God.But one thing that’s never on the table in theology is simply not believing in God.Atheism is not an option.This is what separates the philosophical study of religion from the theological.Philosophers take nothing as a given – and that includes religious belief.Everything is on the table, and everything...
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Crash Course Philosophy is brought to you by Squarespace.Squarespace: share your passion with the world.It’s about time that we had a serious talk about religion.The philosophy of religion is often confused with theology, which makes sense, because they both take God and religion as their subjects.But theology starts by assuming that God exists, and then figures out what follows.Or theology might try to solve philosophical problems that might arise from a belief in God.But one thing that’s never on the table in theology is simply not believing in God.Atheism is not an option.This is what separates the philosophical study of religion from the theological.Philosophers take nothing as a given – and that includes religious belief.Everything is on the table, and everything...
