Why does Aquinas claim that the first efficient cause is God?
It is necessary to admit a first efficient cause that is itself uncaused - this can only be (according to Aquinas) God.
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What has the possibility o not existing?
The universe and all things within it.
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What is meant by necessary existence?
Something that must exist and cannot not exist.
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What did Craig state was true for everything that begins to exist?
That it has a cause of its existence.
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What is meant by infinity?
Something that has no beginning and no end.
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Which movement within Christianity has been particularly supportive of Craig's argument?
The fundamentalist Christian churches of America.
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Why did Aquinas believe it was necessary to suggest a guiding intelligence behind the natural workings of the universe?
Things without intelligence did not have the ability to direct themselves towards an end - they required a guiding intelligence to do this.
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How did Paley compare the stone and watch?
The stone was a natural object with no apparent purpose, whereas the watch was a complex machine that had a specific purpose.
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What were Tennant's three pieces of evidence to support his anthropic principle?
The world provides the things necessary for life; the world can be rationally analysed; evolution led to the development of intelligent human life.
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Why did Tennant consider that an appreciation of beauty led to the conclusion that the designer of the world was benevolent?
The designer wanted his creation to enjoy existence not just survive.
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What is a fallacy of composition in relation to the cosmological argument?
That just because everything in the universe has a cause does not mean that the universe itself had a cause (what is true of the parts is not necessarily true of the whole).
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Why does Hume reject the use of analogy to prove the existence of a divine designer?
Analogy only works where two similar things are compared - this was not possible with the universe as the universe was unique.
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What was the main idea behind Darwin's theory of natural selection?
That life o earth developed and changed according to the external stimuli of the environment.
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
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Who was the Unmoved Mover according to Aquinas?
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God.
Card 3
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What example was given bt: Aristotle, Aquinas .. to explain how things with potential become actual?
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Card 4
Front
Where do we find an order of efficient causes?
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Card 5
Front
Why does Aquinas claim that the first efficient cause is God?
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