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The Independent introduces this article with a harrowing statement, disclosing that certain insurance policies in Louisiana may not cover the damages caused by Hurricane Katrina. The article reveals that "more than half of the properties in the city are understood to be insured only for hurricane damage, with insurers insisting that it was a flood that forced the evacuation of the city". This quote is not making any negative implications about the insurers, the author is attempting to clarify . There is no blatantly evident form of bias in this article. Any omission of facts is understandable, due to the fact that the chosen news source is not based in the United States. Some facts may be omitted due to the fact that the Independent media source is known for being centrist and they do not want to insert too much bias into the articles. The authors of this article, Jason Nisse and Tim Webb, provide the reader with well-rounded, unbiased information. There is no specific diction used to target any certain person, political group, or idea, which can be applied as tactic to influence a reader’s opinion on a topic.

The argument presented by William James in “The Will to Believe” covers theistic beliefs and also includes various philosophical issues as well as matters of practical life. James's primary concern is to argue that Clifford's Rule is irrational. According to Clifford's Rule, one should avoid error at all costs and ultimately risk the loss of certain truths. James claims that Clifford's Rule is just one intellectual strategy and then makes an argument to seek truth by any means available, even at the risk of error or being completely false. James is not arguing against conforming one's belief to the evidence. Nor is he arguing against the importance of evidence. His argument is against withholding beliefs whenever there is little evidence,

Skeptical arguments contain two components: a skeptical hypothesis and an argument that incorporates the skeptical hypothesis. A skeptical hypothesis is a reasonably possible situation where everything appears precisely as it now appears but all of the beliefs that are based on the appearances are incorrect. For example, all of the people that think that they exist could, in fact, be nothing more than a part of a giants dream of tiny aunt like representations of himself and his people. Skeptical arguments are of the following format: (1) if I know that I am writing this paper, then I can know that I am not just a manifestation in a giant’s dream. (2) I cannot know that I am not just a manifestation in a giant’s dream. (3) Therefore, I don’t know that I am writing this paper.

Critics propose that just because something cannot be confirmed, does not mean that it is not acknowledged or that there is no reason in trusting it. Rene Descartes wanted certain knowledge to be absolute, although this is not the only option, and others would claim that justified knowledge is adequate. Other philosophers claim skepticism is imperious because a skeptic cannot know that skepticism is absolute.

Therefore, since the theist is justified in his belief in a wholly good, omnipotent, omnipresent being then the

Without knowing that there are philosophies that try to explain the idea of Skepticism, I have always tried to not claim anything or accept anything that could not be proven to me in some way (Detrick, “In Search of Truth: Western Philosophy”). This can be a problem for some people when it comes to religion, but the facts that have been produced, have me able to accept the idea of Christianity in most instances. That being said, I now know that I am also a little agnostic because, I believe, “that it is wrong for a man to say that he is certain of the objective truth of any proposition unless he can produce evidence which logically justifies that certainty (Detrick, “In Search of Truth: Western

Chapter three evaluates the evidential problem of evil. In this chapter Evans uses William Rowe’s version of the evidential problem. Using Rowe’s argument as a base, Evans then notes the various ways that prominent philosophers such as Kvanvig, Alston, and Wykstra have questioned Rowe’s argument. The author also states that anytime the problem of evil is considered, expanded theism should be the subject.

The problem with reliabilism is that due to the adherence condition, true beliefs can be said to lack

Skepticism is something that we all have to one degree or another. Some of us who carry some Limited (Local) Skepticism might question whether we can really know if the news anchor is giving us correct information or if the five day forecast is really on track this time regarding the rain it is predicting. Others subscribe to the Global Skepticism view; that is, they would argue that we cannot know anything at all, and, therefore, we can’t have knowledge of anything (Feldman 109). As a global skeptic, we would not only challenge the same things that limited skeptics confront, but we would challenge the very essence of our being. If this form of skepticism is valid, we would have to reexamine

I have this ticket in my hand and to the outside world that is what it looks like-- just a ticket. To me, however, this ticket means so much more. This ticket is a key. This ticket will open the door for me to help those people who are in need. This ticket will illustrate for me why it is important to think of others before yourself in a world where it is so easy to be egocentric.

Overall, this work made me change my opinion couple of times but eventually I came to my own conclusion, I support both types of scepticism as moderate as radical. I think that everything should be doubted and rechecked. My personal experience shows me that almost nothing is what it seemed to be. Justified scepticism will always benefit if you do not push the

I know this because there are many things that people believed on faith long before it was ever proven of even suggested scientifically. One example is the fall of the walls around the city of Jericho. The bible tells us that the hand of God pushed them down. While it is unlikely that it will ever be proven that it was actually the hand of God that did this, recent archeological evidence tells us that something pushed down the walls of Jericho. People believed that this happened centuries before this evidence surfaced. So I say that the notion that matters of faith cannot be demonstrated is absurd.

Several non-Western cultures have skeptical traditions, particularly Buddhist philosophy, but properly speaking, skepticism refers only to a Greek philosophical tradition and its Greek, Roman, and European derivatives.

In many ways theistic evolution challenges our concept of Gods being. For starters it poses the questions against “His intelligence, power, and love”. According to this article it is not feasible to go with the views of theistic evolution and still see God as upholding the well-known

Theist: God wanted to do what’s best for the world. He wanted us to endure evil so we