Characteristic of humanity's constant quest for the concept of meaning, the journey of understanding has come to represent myriad things to myriad people, ultimately rendering any universal explanation virtually impossible. Bibliography lists 11 sources. Bibliography lists 5 sources. A five page paper looking at the question of analogical language's usefulness in theological discussions, based on the theories of Mortimer Adler and St. Thomas Aquinas. The paper distinguishes analogical language from other kinds, and then shows why it still is inadequate to communicate the nature of God.
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Alan Turing argued that a computer could respond intelligently to a human asking questions. This 5 page paper argues that the philosophical beliefs of Rene Descartes and others of the humanist school of thought present reason to question Turing's conclusion by including an a priori element within the human ability to create and communicate. Bibliography lists 6 sources. This 5 page paper looks at how these two different philosophers interpreted and perceived mysticism as well as the ways in which they conveyed their beliefs to their audiences. With one believing in logical explanations and the other seeking to help us understand what they believed to be the inconceivable they can also be seen to have had commonalties, despite their different approaches.