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| - | '''''Meditations on First Philosophy''''' (subtitled ''In which the [[existence of God]] and the [[immortality of the soul]] are demonstrated'') is a [[philosophy|philosophical]] treatise written by [[René Descartes]] first published in [[Latin language|Latin]] in 1641. The [[French language|French]] translation was made by the [[Duke of Luynes]] with the supervision of Descartes and was published in 1647 with the title ''Méditations Metaphysiques''. The original Latin title is '''''Meditationes de prima philosophia, in qua Dei existentia et animæ immortalitas demonstratur'''''. The book is made up of six ''meditations'', in which Descartes first discards all belief in things which are not absolutely [[certain]], and then tries to establish what can be known for sure. | ||
| - | The ''Meditations'' consist of the presentation of Descartes' [[Metaphysics|metaphysical]] system in its most detailed level and in the expanding of Descartes' philosophical system, which he first introduced in the fourth part of his ''[[Discourse on Method]]'' ([[1637]]). Descartes' metaphysical thought is also found in the ''[[Principles of Philosophy]]'' ([[1644]]), which the author intended to be a philosophy guidebook. | + | [[Argument]]s for and against the '''existence of [[God]]''' have been proposed by philosophers, theologians, and others. In [[Philosophy|philosophical]] terminology, "existence-of-God" arguments concern schools of thought on the [[epistemology]] of the [[ontology]] of God. |
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| + | The debate concerning the existence of God raises many philosophical issues. A basic problem is that there is no universally accepted definition of God. Some definitions of God's existence are so non-specific that it is certain that ''something'' exists that meets the definition; in stark contrast, there are suggestions that other definitions are self-contradictory. | ||
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| + | A wide variety of arguments exist which can be categorized as [[Metaphysics|metaphysical]], [[logic|logical]], [[Empirical research|empirical]], or [[Subjectivity|subjective]]. | ||
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Arguments for and against the existence of God have been proposed by philosophers, theologians, and others. In philosophical terminology, "existence-of-God" arguments concern schools of thought on the epistemology of the ontology of God.
The debate concerning the existence of God raises many philosophical issues. A basic problem is that there is no universally accepted definition of God. Some definitions of God's existence are so non-specific that it is certain that something exists that meets the definition; in stark contrast, there are suggestions that other definitions are self-contradictory.
A wide variety of arguments exist which can be categorized as metaphysical, logical, empirical, or subjective.
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