Non-Religious Responses to the Questions of Life (Leaving Cert Religious Education): Flashcards
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What non-religious worldviews reject
What non-religious worldviews reject
Supernatural explanations
3 things non-religious worldviews rely on
3 things non-religious worldviews rely on
Human reason, scientific evidence, observable phenomena
What secular humanism places at centre of meaning
What secular humanism places at centre of meaning
Human experience
Primary sources of knowledge in secular humanism
Primary sources of knowledge in secular humanism
Science and reason
Philosophers secular humanists turn to (examples)
Philosophers secular humanists turn to (examples)
Camus and Nietzsche
What atheism explicitly denies
What atheism explicitly denies
The existence of God or any supreme being
Key difference: atheism vs secular humanism
Key difference: atheism vs secular humanism
Atheism specifically rejects God's existence; secular humanism focuses on human experience without making definitive claims about divine beings
Agnosticism's claim about God's existence
Agnosticism's claim about God's existence
Insufficient evidence to determine if God exists
What agnostics seek in ideas and concepts
What agnostics seek in ideas and concepts
Ideas supported by observable evidence
Reductionism's methodology for complex systems
Reductionism's methodology for complex systems
Examining their smallest components
Reductionism's assumption about complex systems
Reductionism's assumption about complex systems
Can be fully understood through individual parts
Particle discovered at CERN (example from note)
Particle discovered at CERN (example from note)
Higgs-Boson
Theory for universe origins (non-religious views)
Theory for universe origins (non-religious views)
Big Bang theory