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  • What is anthropomorphism?
    Attributing human qualities to a non human being
  • "first rude essay of an infant deity" - how is this a criticism of the DA?
    World could have been designed by an infant God
  • What is design qua regularity - with an exampl!
    Observation of regularity in the universe e.g. orbit of planet
  • What is a priori knowledge?
    Knowledge gained before sense experience
  • One criticism of the design argument
    Problem of evil
  • What is the Epicurean hypothesis?
    Atoms overtime naturally became ordered - this was inevitable
  • "the world is faulty and imperfect" - give an example
    evil and suffering
  • Define telos
    end gaol/purpose
  • What is an empricist?
    Someone who accepts evidence experienced througb senses
  • What did Hume say we should compare the universeto?
    A vegetable
  • What is a posteriori knowledge
    Knowledge gained after sense experience
  • A bachelor is a single man is an example of which type of statement?
    Analytic
  • 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 an inductive argument?
    An argument based on empirical evidence
  • Joseph loves cats uses what type of knowledge?
    A posteriori
  • What is the name of Paley's book
    Natural theology
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