THEME 1 B- INDUCTIVE ARGUMENTS (TELEOLOGICAL)

• teleological argument 


  an inductive aposteriori argument suggesting the universe has been designed
• aquinas‘ fifth way 


  the natural world obeys natural laws. aquinas believes that this behaviour must be set by something else, with ultimate intelligence and power (god)
• who coined the watch maker analogy

  christian vicar, william paley (from peterborough)
• what is william paleys watch maker analogy

  if you were walking through inhabited land and came across a stone, you’d have no reason to ask where it came from or how it got there. this wouldnt be the same if you walked through the same land and came across a watch, as you’d think it’s so complex it has to be designed. NOTHING COMPLEX HAPPENS BY CHANCE
• what does paley say about the universe

  “the world full of beauty and order”
• what neo-atheist provides a challenge to paleys argument of design 


  douglas adams
• what concept does douglas adams argue

  sentient puddle
• what is douglas adams sentient puddle

  as humans we do everything with intention, we think we are intended to live on this earth. same if we put it in perspective of a puddle, it seems that the earth is made for it and continues to as it begins to evaporate. adams believes religion is naive. for humans to have the same ideology, it’s preposterous. if we continue to think the world is made for us then we will continue to destroy it the way we do
• who coined the phrase anthropic principle

  f.r tennant in his 1928 work philosophical theology
• what is the anthropic principle 


  an extension of the design argument. believes the world is structured so perfectly to ensure life would develop therefore it’s proof that there is a creator because everything is perfect for us and we evolve to ensure our population stays in existance
• einstein quote for science and god

  “the more i study science the more i believe in god”
• what is the first cause syllogism 


  states that if the universe has a cause of its existence then that cause is god
• first cause syllogism applied

  major: everything that exists has a cause of existence. minor: the universe exists. therefore: the universe has a cause of existence
• what is the (tennant) aesthetic argument 


  argues that no other species on earth has an appreciation of the natural beauty of the world like humans do. tennant argues that this appreciation that’s so specific to human life is a direct result of his benevolence as he wanted us to appreciate the world as he intended us too
• (lines of argument for q1) Science offers how

  Religion offers why
• (lines of argument for q1) As science becomes more prominent in today's society….

  It can cause more theists to believe it more and become more liberal and open to the approach of theistic guided evolution
• (lines of argument for q1) Cosmological argument and science…


  Are based upon the same argument of cause and effect, so they have equal persuasion
• (lines of argument for q1) Religion is still persuasive, even prominent scientists believed in the cosmological argument like Einstein
• (lines of argument for q2) use of analogy with human objects make the argument….

  weak as you can’t compare human life to that is so complex like god
• (line of argument for q2) why would god ever design…

  a world full of so much evil, (poor design)
• (line of argument for q2) what neo-atheist argued that the idea of an designer is ‘superstitious nonsense’


  dawkins