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The premiss in Aquinas' first way of proving God's existence that "It is certain and evident to
the senses that in the world some things change":
{ 1 } - is true for accidental change.
{ 2 } - is true for ontological change.
{ 3 } - is true for substantial change.
{ 4 } - refers to a reduction of matter to substantial form.
{ 5 } - refers to a reduction of nothing to being.
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The premiss in Aquinas' first way of proving God's existence that "It is certain and evident to
the senses that in the world some things change":
{ 1 } - is true for accidental change.
{ 2 } - is true for ontological change.
{ 3 } - is true for substantial change.
{ 4 } - refers to a reduction of matter to substantial form.
{ 5 } - refers to a reduction of nothing to being.
Yes, the acquisition of some accidents, such as heat, is detectable by the senses.
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The premiss in Aquinas' first way of proving God's existence that "It is certain and evident to
the senses that in the world some things change":
{ 1 } - is true for accidental change.
{ 2 } - is true for ontological change.
{ 3 } - is true for substantial change.
{ 4 } - refers to a reduction of matter to substantial form.
{ 5 } - refers to a reduction of nothing to being.
No, the senses can detect the existence of some types of being, but they cannot determine that the being came into existence out of nothing.
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The premiss in Aquinas' first way of proving God's existence that "It is certain and evident to
the senses that in the world some things change":
{ 1 } - is true for accidental change.
{ 2 } - is true for ontological change.
{ 3 } - is true for substantial change.
{ 4 } - refers to a reduction of matter to substantial form.
{ 5 } - refers to a reduction of nothing to being.
No, substantial forms are not detectable by the senses.
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The premiss in Aquinas' first way of proving God's existence that "It is certain and evident to
the senses that in the world some things change":
{ 1 } - is true for accidental change.
{ 2 } - is true for ontological change.
{ 3 } - is true for substantial change.
{ 4 } - refers to a reduction of matter to substantial form.
{ 5 } - refers to a reduction of nothing to being.
This is a substantial change, which is undetectable by the senses.
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The premiss in Aquinas' first way of proving God's existence that "It is certain and evident to
the senses that in the world some things change":
{ 1 } - is true for accidental change.
{ 2 } - is true for ontological change.
{ 3 } - is true for substantial change.
{ 4 } - refers to a reduction of matter to substantial form.
{ 5 } - refers to a reduction of nothing to being.
This is an ontological or metaphysical change, which is undetectable by the senses.
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