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Question 1

What is a priori knowledge

Answer 1

It is true independent of the rest of the world (rational knowledge)

Question 2

What is deductive reasoning

Answer 2

It is when you move from general principles to a specific conclusion (this argument starts from priori knowledge)

Question 3

What is inductive reasoning

Answer 3

It is when, you move from specific observations to a general conclusion (posteriori argument)

Question 4

What does posteriori mean

Answer 4

It is a type of knowledge that depends of experiences to make it true

Question 5

What is the cosmological argument

Answer 5

It is an argument for the existence of god which accepts the premise that everything has a cause
Which ends with that the universe has a cause (god being the creator of the cause) originally created by Aristotle

Question 6

What is an idea that links with the cosmological argument

Answer 6

Cause and Effect- this ties with the idea of at starting off point the cause creating the chain that creates the effect- saying that something was the cause of everything

Question 7

What is Aquila’s’ 1st way

Answer 7

It follows:
•everything in ‘motion’ was caused by a ‘mover’
•This chain of movers can’t go back forever
•God is the first mover

Question 8

What is Aquinas’ 2nd way

Answer 8

•Everything that exists has a cause
•this chain of causes can’t go back forever
•there must have been a first cause
•without a first cause there can be.no subsequent effect
•God Is the first cause

Question 9

What is aquinas’ third way

Answer 9

•Everything is contingent
•God is not
•God is necessary
•God is the only thing that is necessary

Question 10

What is the Teleological (design) argument

Answer 10

The argument tries to explain how the universe came to be the way it is, the argument is based on posteriori knowledge

Question 11

What is paleys watch

Answer 11

It is a design analogy which says
“You found a watch” would you say that “wow-lots of little pieces fell exactly right into place” or “someone specifically designed and made this”

Question 12

What is the strengths of the design argument

Answer 12

•it is based on observation of things in the world
•it is based on that we are doing the observing
•the analogies used(I.e watch, stack of cards) are very easily illustrated

Question 13

What are the 3 responses to the design argument

Answer 13

1)contingent events can have necessary properties
2)the problem of evil
3)the theory of evolution

Question 14

What does “contingent events can have necessary properties” mean

Answer 14

An example is the idea of a raindrop creating ripples in a puddle. The ripples are contingent but appear in the puddle completely by accident

Question 15

What is the problem of evil

Answer 15

While things such as nature and the body are amazing and useful there is still suffering meaning
•the universe was created by God
•the universe contains evil and suffering
•Evil and suffering are part of Gods deliberate design

Question 16

What does the Augustinian theodicy tell us

Answer 16

While there is a omni(all 4)god evil and suffering can be consistent with a loving god
As evil is not a thing it is what happens when you make good absent (such as silence is not a thing it is the result of the absence of sound)

Question 17

What does The Iraenian tell us

Answer 17

Evil is not the lack or absence of good but instead a critical component of gods creation- suffering helps us become closer to god

Question 18

What does the theory of evolution tell us

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•all species undergo random genetic mutations
• some changes give species a survival advantage
•only the species that can survive do survive (otherwise become extinct)
•then along comes another mutation

Question 19

What is evidence that supports evolution

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•Fossil records prove that animals’ physical characteristics have changed over hundreds of thousands of years
• rapid evolution has been observed in response to environmental changes (eg peppered moth)

Question 20

Explain the “Kalam” form of the cosmological argument

Answer 20

Created by lane Craig. Made with deductive reasoning. But the argument at its core is inductive made from finite observations

Question 21

What does the school boy objection say about the cosmological argument

Answer 21

•if all things have a cause god must have a cause
•if god has a cause, God can’t be the ultimate creator
•if all things depend on something else, God must depend on something else

Question 22

Why might people have different views or ask questions on the existence of god

Answer 22

•religious instructions as they want to be close to what it says and understand consequences
• to undertake Pascal’s wager, to commit yourself to religion as if it does exist you receive eternal reward
•others may be question the existence of.an omni god whilst evil, suffering and disease exist