Arguments based on obsrvation Flashcards

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Teleological arguments

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Arguments based on the apparent reason of the universe.

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Final Cause

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Aristotle’s idea of the ultimate purpose of a thing - similar to a telos.

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Design Argument

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Patterns found in nature are explicable only by some grand cosmic designer.

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Paley’s watch theory

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  1. Watch found
  2. Parts of watch serve a function
  3. Implied watchmaker
  4. We can do the same with our world.
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Aptness of Analogy

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There is too big of a logical leap from watch to world.

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J.S Mill’s Criticism

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From a flawed universe, the most we can infer is flawed creator.

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Criticism posited by evolution

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If evolution represents design, it is an extraordinarily wasteful process.

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Anthropic principle

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The universe exists solely for the human race.

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Ockham’ razor

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If we have 2+ theories, the simpler one is probably the most correct.

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Cosmological Argument

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Everything has a cause/ reason for its existence, leading to God as the first cause.

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Prime mover

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That which creates movement as a final purpose, initiator of all.

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Necessity

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Something that has to be the case. Goes hand in hand with contingency.

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Contingency

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If something’s existence is dependent on something else. Goes hand in hand with necessity.

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Infinite regress

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An endless sequence going back through time, with no beginning.

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Sufficient reason

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An explanation which itself requires no further explanation - a final answer.

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The fallacy of Composition

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The logical error, cited by Hume, in assuming that whatever is true of the part must be true of the whole.

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Objection strongest

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Problem of evil - how can there be an all - powerful deity if evil still exists.