Hume’s criticisms

Cards (7)

How does Hume criticise Paley? 
The analogy between the world and a watch is weak. The world isn’t a machine
What term describes comparing the world to a machine?
Machine reductionism
How does Hume criticise order? 
Order doesn’t mean there is a creator
Maybe the world has self-sustaining order
What is the argument from cause to effect?
Cause and effect are not as simple as looking at the world and assuming the cause is God
How does Hume criticise the Christian God?
Even if there is a creator it isn’t necessarily the Christian God
We have a finite, imperfect world, why would we have an infinite and perfect God?
What is an issue with Leibniz’s approach?
We can imagine something coming into existence without a cause, so maybe not everything has a cause
What does Elizabeth Anscombe argue to support Leibniz?
We can imagine a rabbit with no parents that just came into existence but this is not possible just because we imagine it