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Immanuel Kant's Justification For The Existence Of God

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It it only by one’s belief in God that they could establish a justification for trusting their senses, and furthermore for believing that our world is one of governed by certain laws established by God that will cause it to act in a predictable manner. Yet, these are the very elements that need to be in place for obtaining certainty about our world when using empiricism. Therefore, Locke’s epistemology does not hold up against the continuation of his own idea of empiricism; naturally it only lead to Hume, the inexistence of God, a host of doubts, and finally in a complete lack of knowledge about the world we live in.
Immanuel Kant’s epistemological account synthesized empiricism and rationalism, forming the unique explanation of constructivism. For Kant, both needed to work simultaneously to provide …show more content…

The two primary objections that we will view are related to his methodology of doubt and his proof of God. Thomas Hobbes objected to Descartes methodology of doubt by claiming he was leading people into doubt. Furthermore it has been objected that it would not be possible to truly doubt in the manner that Descartes is claiming to doubt, and that some things simply cannot be doubted. These are minor objections; first, Descartes is not leading people into doubt, but into his methodology of doubt. He is not attempting to cultivate true skepticism in his readers, but is rather attempting to establish what could potentially be doubted to confirm what is necessarily true. It is also true that it would not be possible to truly doubt as Descartes is; he is well aware of this and uses doubt merely as a tool. Lastly, it is true that some things cannot be doubted, and Descartes is using his methodology of doubt in pursuit of that which cannot be

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