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What is an inductive argument?
An argument based on empirical evidence
What is a posteriori knowledge
Knowledge gained after sense experience
What is a priori knowledge?
Knowledge gained before sense experience
What is anthropomorphism?
Attributing human qualities to a non human being
What is the Epicurean hypothesis?
Atoms overtime naturally became ordered - this was inevitable
Explain Hume's argument to design
Humans don't have enough knowledge to conclude there is only one designer or any designer at all
What three observations of the world does Paley make to argue for the existencce of a designer?
order, complexity, purpose
What is the name of Paley's book
Natural theology
What is design qua regularity - with an exampl!
Observation of regularity in the universe e.g. orbit of planet
Define telos
end gaol/purpose
What did Hume say we should compare the universeto?
A vegetable
What is an empricist?
Someone who accepts evidence experienced througb senses
One criticism of the design argument
Problem of evil
A bachelor is a single man is an example of which type of statement?
Analytic
Joseph loves cats uses what type of knowledge?
A posteriori
"first rude essay of an infant deity" - how is this a criticism of the DA?
World could have been designed by an infant God
