solved Part 1 : M9. Assignment: Avicenna’s Idea of GodThinkers in
Part 1 : M9. Assignment: Avicenna’s Idea of GodThinkers in the Medieval Period were preoccupied with problems surrounding the existence of God. Avicenna took up the problem of the necessity of God’s existence. He solves the problem by resolving a series of issues surrounding it. Our reading this week provides a good explanation of his proof and does so in only one and a half pages of text. The shortness of this argument provides us with a good opportunity to examine a complex philosophical argument and to judge its effectiveness. The author of our text explains the argument step-by-step, and shares with us both the difficulties with each step and the insight it provides.Avicenna. Source: Flickr. Creative Commons.For your assignment this week, in your own words, explain the problem Avicenna wishes to solve, and then paraphrase each of the steps in his argument and his final solution. What insights do the steps provide in our understanding of God? Can you think of any arguments that would counter Avicenna’s claim?Submission:Must be a minimum of 1 1/2 pages with standard 1-inch margins in Times New Roman or Garamond font. Must be double-spaced.Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought.Must include in-text citations and references in MLA style. No outside resouces. Name, course, and assignment top left.Include a Title.Part 2 : M9. Discussion: Descartes’ CogitoTopicWhat is it that Descartes decides he cannot doubt?Even though he had a college education, Rene Descartes was consumed with doubts not only about religion and the nature and existence of God, but also he wondered about reality itself. In his Meditations, he tells us of his resolve to doubt everything he knows until he gets to something he knows for sure. He explains what he discovers in his First Mediation. What is that something? Do you think the reasoning he uses within the meditation is sound? Explain the steps he uses to get to his conclusion.Source: Flickr. Creative Commons.