key words

• Teleological

  looking to the end results (telos) in order to draw a conclusion about what is right or wrong
• Cosmological

  to do with the universe
• Natural theology

  drawing conclusions about the nature and activity of God by using reason and observing the world
• Contingent 


  depending on other things
• Principle of sufficient reason

  the principle that everything must have a reason to explain it
• sceptic

  someone who will not accept what others say without questioning and challenging
• A posteriori argument

  arguments which draw conclusions based on observation through experience
• Necessary existence

  existence which does not depend on anything else
• A priori arguments

  arguments that draw conclusions through the use of reason
• Logical fallacy

  reasoning that has a flaw in its structure