Design Argument Quiz

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Who put forward the analogy of a watch?
William Paley
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What is the aesthetics principle? (Tennant)
beauty plays no part in our survival (suggests a personal designer)
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What is the strong anthropic principle? (Tennant)
the universe is specially constructed for intelligent life- minor changes in our universe and it would be lifeless and sterile
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What does providential mean? (Swinburne)
the universe provides all we need and more (goes beyond mere survival)
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What is regularities of succession?(Swinburne)
scientific laws can be observed and understood
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What does Hume state about arguments from analogy for the existence of God?
Weak because we are making conclusions about the universe by comparing something man-made to 'God's' creation
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What is anthropomorphism?
Giving God human attributes; limiting him
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The existence of what two scientifically proved processes can be used to explain existence of design?
Evolution and natural selection
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What would Richard Dawkins state about the changes in the evolutionary process?
That they are random and only give the appearance of design "evolution is blind"
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What are Kants beliefs about order?
Order is mind imposed
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What would Hume state about the design argument?
People are driven by their emotions, removes rationality
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What is the dysteological argument?
There is a considerable amount of disorder in the universe
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What evidence is there that the argument has perennial appeal?
Dates back to Plato and Socrates
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David Hume Quote?
"Design strikes even the most careless of thinkers"
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