D: Disposition

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Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationA Companion to Metaphysics
Subtitle of host publicationSecond Edition
PublisherJohn Wiley and Sons
Pages215-217
Number of pages3
ISBN (Print)9781405152983
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 9 2009

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Arts and Humanities(all)

Keywords

  • Death- is it wrong to kill people, medical ethics state extensively on the problem of formulating an acceptable criterion of death for human beings
  • Descartes theory- Existence of God who is infinite, eternal, immutable, independent, supremely intelligent, supremely powerful once established, is a sound method for humans to seek the truth
  • Determinism- thesis that the world one time "fixes" or "determines" the state of the world at any future time
  • Dummett important ideas in contemporary theory of meaning argued for molecular, as opposed to atomistic or holistic, theories of meaning
  • Duns Scotus-known as the Subtle Doctor, is known for the most elaborate of the many scholastic attempts to prove the existence of God

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