ARGUMENTS FOR GOD: DA & CA ONLY | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

scholar/s for the kalam argument?

Al Ghazali/ William Lane Craig

Name of Aquinas' book

summa theologica

Explain the fallacy of composition

just because something is true of the part of the thing does not mean it is true of the whole thing

What is way one with an example

motion - dominos

What is Occam's razor?

Do not multiply things unnecessarily

How can Leibniz be used as a defence for the CA

Principle of sufficient reason - everything that exists needs to have a cause

Explain way 2 using an example

Causation - Humans are caused by their parents etc

One criticism by Hume of the CA

Problem of induction

One criticism by Russell of the CA

Brute fact / fallacy of composition

"we find in nature things that are possible to be and not to be...” - who? what context?

Aquinas - things didn't have to exist and yet they do - showing proof of a necessary being

Aquinas' 3 ways?

Motion, Cause, Contingency

Define contingent being

Something which relies on something else to exist

What is a deductive argument?`

If the premise is true then the conclusion is true

What is the anthropic priniciple?

life could not exist in a universe that was significantly smaller than the observed

What is the fine tuning argument?

universe could have only occurred with the intervention of an intelligence

One criticism of the design argument

Problem of evil

What is an empricist?

Someone who accepts evidence experienced througb senses

What did Hume say we should compare the universeto?

A vegetable

Define telos

end gaol/purpose

What is design qua regularity - with an exampl!

Observation of regularity in the universe e.g. orbit of planet

What does the multiverse theory suggest?

optimal living conditions may exist in the futur

Who argued 'simplicity is always evidence for the truth' and how does it support the DA

Swinburne - God as designer is the simplest answer

What is the name of Paley's book

Natural theology

What three observations of the world does Paley make to argue for the existencce of a designer?

order, complexity, purpose

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 is the Epicurean hypothesis?

Atoms overtime naturally became ordered - this was inevitable

What is anthropomorphism?

Attributing human qualities to a non human being

What is a priori knowledge?

Knowledge gained before sense experience

What is a posteriori knowledge

Knowledge gained after sense experience

What is an inductive argument?

An argument based on empirical evidence