Both Abelard and Descartes based their argument on an intuition well known even in classical times: that Man differs from the animals in having reason, and that therefore if Man is the crown of creation (as even Christianity seems to acknowledge) then his unique gift (Reason) must be what makes him so.
As for whether this is true or not: that will depend on what you mean by true. The American legal system, the American scientific establishment, and even a majority of American Christians all consider Intelligent Design maliciously specious. But a small number of American fundamentalists assert it nonetheless.
Clearly, there is more than one kind of truth.
No. That honor goes to compassion. Reason is capable of catastrophic error, is subject to unconscious influence, and makes the mistake of imagining that it is the only correct way of understanding.
I had to affirm my signature was on the form.She wanted to affirm my answer but she did not agree with my views.The student looked up definitions for the words confirm and affirm.
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It is an award presented to the producers, directors, and writers of books, motion pictures and television specials that "affirm the highest values of the human spirit".
Affirmation is the corresponding noun to the verb affirm.
Affirm Films was created in 2008.
As the Poets Affirm was created in 2001.
As the Poets Affirm ended in 2007.
The prefix for the word "affirm" is "af-" or "ad-".
"Ergo et sum" is Latin and translates to "Therefore, I am." It is commonly associated with the phrase "Cogito, ergo sum" which means "I think, therefore I am," a philosophical concept introduced by RenΓ© Descartes to affirm one's existence based on the act of thinking.
The noun form of to affirm is affirmation. The gerund, affirming, can also be a noun.