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| x The Loch Ness monster debate |
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| x Existence of God |
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God in Christianity | Trademark argument |
Arguments for and against the existence of God have been proposed by scientists, philosophers, theologians, and others. In philosophical terminology, "existence-of-God" arguments concern schools of thought on the epistemology of the ontology of God....
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| Atheistic agnosticism | Ultimate Boeing 747 gambit | ||||
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| x Evolution as theory and fact |
The statement "evolution is both a theory and a fact" is often seen in biological literature. The "fact of evolution" refers to the changes in the genetic material of a population of biological organisms over time, which are known to have occurred...
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| x Origin of life |
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RNA world hypothesis | Evolution as theory and fact |
In the natural sciences, abiogenesis, the question of the origin of life, is the study of how life on Earth might have emerged from non-life. Scientific consensus is that abiogenesis occurred sometime between 4.4 billion years ago, when water vapor...
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| x Abortion debate |
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Violinist |
The abortion debate refers to discussion and controversy surrounding the moral and legal status of abortion. The two main groups involved in the abortion debate are the pro-choice movement, and the pro-life movement. Each movement has, with varying...
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| x Identity | Swampman |
Identity is an umbrella term used throughout the social sciences to describe an individual's comprehension of him or herself as a discrete, separate entity. This term, though generic, can be further specified by the disciplines of psychology and...
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| x Distributive justice |
Distributive justice concerns what some consider to be socially just with respect to the allocation of goods in a society. Thus, a community in which incidental inequalities in outcome do not arise would be considered a society guided by the...
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| x Meaning of life |
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Absurdism |
The meaning of life constitutes a philosophical question concerning the purpose and significance of human existence or biological life in general. This concept can be expressed through a variety of related questions, such as Why are we here?, What...
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| Eudaimonia | |||||
| x Ultimate fate of the universe |
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Big Bounce |
The ultimate fate of the universe is a topic in physical cosmology. Many possible fates are predicted by rival scientific theories, including futures of both finite and infinite duration.
Once the notion that the universe started with a Big Bang...
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| Heat death of the universe | |||||
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| x Age of the universe |
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Lambda-CDM model |
The age of the universe is the time elapsed between the Big Bang and the present day. Current theory and observations suggest that the universe is between 13.5 and 14 billion years old. The uncertainty range has been obtained by the agreement of a...
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| x Shape of the Universe |
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Friedmann–Lemaître–Robertson–Walker metric |
The shape of the Universe is an informal name for a subject of investigation within physical cosmology which describes the geometry of the universe including both local geometry and global geometry. It is loosely divided into curvature and topology,...
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| x What is the meaning of moral judgments? | Cognitivism |
"What do the words 'good', 'bad', 'right' and 'wrong' mean?"
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| x Meta-ethics | What is the meaning of moral judgments? |
In philosophy, meta-ethics is the branch of ethics that seeks to understand the nature of ethical properties, and ethical statements, attitudes, and judgments. Meta-ethics is one of the three branches of ethics generally recognized by philosophers,...
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| x What is the nature of moral judgments? | Moral universalism |
includes questions of whether moral judgments are universal or relative, of one kind or many kinds, etc.
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| x How may moral judgments be supported or defended? | Moral skepticism |
how we can know if something is right or wrong, if at all.
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| x Rationality of God | God exists | God | Existence of God |
The rationality of the concept of God is usually disputed on the basis of the irrationality of Religion, but the concept of God and God's existence is a separate matter.
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| Watchmaker analogy | |||||
| Transcendental argument for the existence of God | |||||
| Irrationality of Religion | |||||
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| x Watchmaker analogy |
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The watchmaker analogy, or watchmaker argument, is a teleological argument for the existence of God. By way of an analogy, the argument states that design implies a designer. The analogy has played a prominent role in natural theology and the ...
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| x Transcendental argument for the existence of God |
The Transcendental Argument for the Existence of God (TAG) is the argument that attempts to prove God's existence by arguing that logic, morals, and science ultimately (though unwittingly) presuppose the Christian worldview, and that God's absolute...
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| x Irrationality of Religion | |||||
| x Prime Creator |
The Prime Creator is the theorized source of the Universe and all that exists. As the creator of this universe and all others, the Prime Creator would be beyond all limits of space, time, and finite boundaries.
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| x Creator deity |
A creator deity is a deity in a creation myth responsible for the creation of the world (or universe).
In monotheism, the single God is necessarily also the creator deity, while polytheistic traditions may or may not have creator deities. A number...
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