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Luntayao
PHILO 25 BC
CORNELL NOTES
SUMMARY
• Philosophy is the search for the ultimate causes of being with the aid of the human intellect
alone
• Essence- answers the question, what; the what-ness
• Existence- to exist means to stand out.
• Approaches of the Question: Rational and Non-Rational Approach
• Two types of Rational Approach:
- A posteriori (Cosmological and Teleological argument)
- A priori method (Ontological and Moral argument)