Category: Feuerbach
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A ‘Feuerbachian’ Objection to Descartes’ First Meditation III God Argument
Descartes gives three arguments for the existence of God in his Meditations on First Philosophy. This entry discusses the first argument and commenter Elliot's objection to it. We can call it the argument from the representational content of the God-idea. In a subsequent entry I hope to set forth the argument in full dress and…
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God as Human Projection?
Substack latest Del Noce deciphered; Feuerbach refused. …………………… Update (3/3): Substack informs me: "After 24 hours, your public post has had 2,234 views." (Note that if a reader accesses my post n times (n > 1), that counts as one view.) Curious, in that I have at present only 1,200 subscribers. And why should this…
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God as Human Projection?
What could be logically weaker than the theory that God is a projection of human needs? Supposedly God does not exist because his existence reflects human exigencies. This argument presupposes that God could exist only if man did not need Him. What could be more absurd? But then, why is this idea so widespread? Augusto…