Teleological Argument Flashcards
What does analogy mean?
Two things compared with common features
What does A posteriori mean?
Knowledge gained after experience
What is empiricism?
Knowledge through sensory experience
What is natural selection?
Species evolve by adaption and survival
What is Paley’s watch?
An analogy for God’s design for the universe
What does Teleological mean?
There is a purpose for which the universe is designed
Hume’s against argument?
The universe is nothing like anything we have ever experienced and therefore we cannot make any assumptions about it
Hume’s alternative argument?
In the way that a ship has many builders, the universe may have many deities.
What is Ockham’s razor
The explanation with the fewest unnecessary complications is true
Richard Swinburne’s reply to Hume’s idea that You cannot compare the universe to things in the universe
Cosmologists make assumptions and comparisons about the universe without experiencing any others
