Bibliography lists 7 sources. This 20 page research paper assesses the age-old philosophical question on whether or not God exists. Specifically discussed are arguments presented by such theologians and philosophers as St. Anselm, Thomas Aquinas, Rene Descartes, G.W. Leibniz, Immanuel Kant, and Soren Kierkegaard who argue in favor of God's existence and Baruch Spinoza, David Hume, Friedrich Nietzsche, Jean-Paul Sartre, Ludwig Wittgenstein and Bertrand Russell, who argue against God's existence. Bibliography lists 15 sources. Whether God is a personalized amalgamation of several concepts or is defined within the precepts of an organized religion, the concept of God is central to the lives of a great many people.
Theism forms the basis for all three religions.
Bibliography lists 7 sources. A 2 page paper which examines how the mind-body dualism of Ren Descartes had a negative consequence for scientific psychology, yet had positive consequences from religious and moral perspectives. Bibliography lists 3 sources. This 7 page paper considers Spinoza's perspectives on the notion of God and the existence of God in defining an understanding of man's existence in nature. This paper also considers the arguments of Spinoza as they are in direct conflict with the perspectives of Descartes and considers the presentation of this argument by Spinoza as a challenge against Descartes primary Cartesian premise.