"The Euthyphro dilemna refers to a question Socrates raised: "Do the gods command something because it is good (which means Goodness is a standard that's independent of God), or is something good because the gods command it? Robert Adams says anything good is good because a loving God who is Himself the standard of goodness commands it.
"An infinite regress is a series of things traced infinitely back, that is, with no actual starting point. Therefore the number of things must be infinite."
"Four marks of a religious experience according to William James: Ineffability, Noetic, Transience (this one is debatable, in my opinion), and Passivity."
"Anselm distinguishes (sort of) between existence in the mind, and existence in reality. While Anselm doesn't actually say there is a difference between something existing in the mind, and something existing in reality, he says there is a difference between something existing in the mind, and understanding that it exists in reality. Then later on, he says that it is greater to exist in reality than in the mind alone."
(This note confuses me. Wouldn't the statement "it is greater to exist in reality than to exist in the mind alone" be itself a statement that says there is a difference between something existing in the mind, and something existing in reality?)
"According to William James, a choice is a "genuine option" when it is important, and it is forced upon one. That is to say, even not deciding, even that, places you in one of the two options. For example, in the decision whether to marry or remain unmarried, if you don't decide, you remain (I would say "become", but in this case you already are such) unmarried."
"An infinite regress is a series of things traced infinitely back, that is, with no actual starting point. Therefore the number of things must be infinite."
"Four marks of a religious experience according to William James: Ineffability, Noetic, Transience (this one is debatable, in my opinion), and Passivity."
"Anselm distinguishes (sort of) between existence in the mind, and existence in reality. While Anselm doesn't actually say there is a difference between something existing in the mind, and something existing in reality, he says there is a difference between something existing in the mind, and understanding that it exists in reality. Then later on, he says that it is greater to exist in reality than in the mind alone."
(This note confuses me. Wouldn't the statement "it is greater to exist in reality than to exist in the mind alone" be itself a statement that says there is a difference between something existing in the mind, and something existing in reality?)
"According to William James, a choice is a "genuine option" when it is important, and it is forced upon one. That is to say, even not deciding, even that, places you in one of the two options. For example, in the decision whether to marry or remain unmarried, if you don't decide, you remain (I would say "become", but in this case you already are such) unmarried."
