Handout: Prime Mover vs. God of the Bible
Is Aristotle’s Prime Mover Transcendent or Immanent? The question of whether Aristotle’s prime mover is transcendent or immanent is an interesting…
Read MoreHandout: David Hume’s Criticisms of the Cosmological Argument
How does Hume criticise The Cosmological Argument? The handout below was written out of frustration. I have been frustrated at the…
Read MorePowerpoints: Goodness Of God & Problems
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Read MorePowerpoint: God as Creator
The resource below has been kindly donated by Stuart Bowman of Durham Johnstone School. Please feel free to use it. Concept…
Read MoreExtract 1: Creatio Ex Nihilo
Creatio Ex Nihilo – Latin: ‘Creation out of nothing.’ In classical thought, Christianity alone, or more precisely, the Judeo-Christian tradition, knows…
Read MoreActivity: Problems with Aristotle – Community of Enquiry
Beginning a Community of Enquiry The community of enquiry is an excellent way to get your students to think about engaging…
Read MoreHandout: Aristotle’s Four Causes and Prime Mover
The Nature Of Stuff According To Aristotle Aristotle’s description of the four causes is relatively easy to understand but there are…
Read MorePowerpoint: Getting Critical With Plato
Getting Critical With Plato Assessing Plato A02 from Philosophical Investigations The PowerPoint above can be used in part or in full….
Read MoreWhat the text books don’t tell you about Plato
Confused by Plato’s Cave and The World of Forms? I watch with increasing amusement year on year as pupils trade indignant…
Read MoreHandout: Aquinas’ Five Ways
Five Ways Aquinas’ Five Ways (Download) The first three of Aquinas’ five ways are cosmological in nature. The cosmological argument is the…
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