Date of Award

6-1925

Degree Type

Bachelors Essay

Degree Name

Bachelor of Arts (BA)

Department

Philosophy

First Advisor

William M. Magee

Abstract

Is this great cosmos in which we live controlled by blind unintelligent forces? Is it possible to concede that the unity of action of the forces of nature is the result of chance? Can the effect so produced be the result of mere accidental causes? There seems to be a lack of consistency between cause and effect, if such is the case. We cannot dismiss this by saying that it just happened! That is just evading the issue. Let us get down to bed rock principles and face this problem with an unprejudiced and unbiased mind. We have immediate and convincing evidence of the unity, constancy and perpetual order of nature. All nature is bound together by laws of unity and permanence. The unceasing march of the stars and planets in the heavens, down the pathway of time, must inevitably presuppose some existing order or unity of activity. The creatures of the earth, both animate and inanimate, follow some well defined order. The seasons of the year follow each other in regular sequence, the sun, rises in the morning and sets in the evening, the tides of the oceans come in and go out at regular intervals, in a word, all created things in the universe are governed by well-regulated laws. If such were not the case, havoc and disaster would result and chaos would be the final outcome.

Comments

A thesis submitted to fulfill the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Arts, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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