Arguments based on observation (OCR A-Level Religious Studies): Flashcards
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Opposite of contingent (Aquinas)
Opposite of contingent (Aquinas)
Necessary - for Aquinas this is God
Leap of Logic criticism
Leap of Logic criticism
Jump from designer to God without reasoning
God of the Gaps criticism
God of the Gaps criticism
Finding gaps & filling with God without reasoning
Burden of Proof criticism
Burden of Proof criticism
Claimant must prove point; arguments don't provide proof
Hume's philosophical position
Hume's philosophical position
Empiricist - accepts only observable evidence
When did Hume write vs Paley?
When did Hume write vs Paley?
24 years before Paley
Hume: Why one God? (teleological)
Hume: Why one God? (teleological)
Watches have many designers; why assume one God?
Hume: 'The world is not like a...'
Hume: 'The world is not like a...'
machine' - universe is organic like a carrot
Fallacy of Composition (Hume)
Fallacy of Composition (Hume)
Can't say universe has cause because things in it do
Russell's mother analogy
Russell's mother analogy
Every human has mother ≠ humankind has mother
Fallacy of Affirmation of Consequent
Fallacy of Affirmation of Consequent
Misunderstanding cause/effect; correlation not causation
Hume: Universe might have...
Hume: Universe might have...
always existed - fits Aristotle's PM
Evolution (Darwin)
Evolution (Darwin)
Organisms developed from earlier forms; fittest survive
Steve Jones on evolution
Steve Jones on evolution
'A series of successful mistakes'
Richard Dawkins on design
Richard Dawkins on design
Random DNA mutations create illusion of design