Developments During the Enlightenment (Leaving Cert Religious Education): Quizzes
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What shift did the Enlightenment represent in approaches to knowledge?
What shift did the Enlightenment represent in approaches to knowledge?
From religious to reason-based inquiry
How did Enlightenment scientists view the universe's operation?
How did Enlightenment scientists view the universe's operation?
As predictable, mathematical laws
What did Cartesian dualism separate?
What did Cartesian dualism separate?
Physical world from spiritual realm
According to deism, what is God's current role?
According to deism, what is God's current role?
No longer actively intervening
What does the Watchmaker analogy illustrate?
What does the Watchmaker analogy illustrate?
God created a self-operating universe
How did atheism develop during the Enlightenment?
How did atheism develop during the Enlightenment?
By taking deistic ideas further
What is the main argument of intelligent design?
What is the main argument of intelligent design?
Life is too complex for natural causes
How does mainstream science view intelligent design?
How does mainstream science view intelligent design?
As pseudoscientific
Why isn't intelligent design accepted as scientific theory?
Why isn't intelligent design accepted as scientific theory?
It cannot be tested or falsified
How did some religious people adopt deistic views?
How did some religious people adopt deistic views?
Keeping God as creator, accepting science
What did scientific discoveries prompt during the Enlightenment?
What did scientific discoveries prompt during the Enlightenment?
New theological questions
How did scientific and religious developments relate during the Enlightenment?
How did scientific and religious developments relate during the Enlightenment?
They influenced each other