Teleological argument

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Created on: 01-05-12 22:10

Richard Dawkins is a strong proponent of Darwinism and a critic of design arguments. What does he label the process of evolution by natural selection?

Blind watchmaker

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What 1807 book is Dawkin's label of natural selection referencing?

Natural Theology - William Paley

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What does Dawkins view religion as?

An excuse not to think scientifically

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For Swinburne, the observability and availability of knowledge show what?

God exists and cares for us by allowing us autonomy in morality, technological development and educational progression

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By virtue of God's postulated character, this is the sort of universe God would have good reason to make. Additionally, what about the universe supports a creator God in Swinburne's opinion?

A priori it is very improbably that a universe could just happen to exist

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Tenant's anthropic principle refers to what?

The way the universe seems to be structured so that it was inevitable life would develop

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The participatory anthropic principle holds that the universe would not exist unless...

There were observers to it

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Tennant also argued for the existence of an intelligent God based on the world''s beauty. His argument did not include which postulate or did not result in which critcism:

I had some dreams they were clouds in my coffee

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