The Teleological Argument 3

I'm predicting teleological to come up and specifically Aquinas or Darwin as they have not yet made their single appearances!

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1. Hume argued similar effects cannot imply similar causes, as we would have to experience the beginning of the universe

  • True
  • False
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2. Other than Paley's analogy of the watch what evidence can be used to show support of design?

  • Eyeball and Fish fins
  • Mountain and paws
  • Camera and hands/paws
  • Eyeball and mountains

3. Who argued that the world was one of chance and natural selection

  • Swinburne
  • Flew
  • Darwin
  • Mill

4. What was the 'anthropic principle'?

  • such conditions (in reply to evolution) cannot be down to chance
  • beauty is existing around the world which cannot be due to natural selection
  • if the world was due to chance and natural selection then why are there still malfunctions in human life

5. Hume argues further that, if a house and universe are similar, just as we'd blame the builder for a faulty house can we blame a faulty designer.. why does Paley disagree?

  • Paley did not dispute this argument, Flew did
  • the issue was whether the universe showed design and not quality concerning the design
  • a builder cannot be forever responsible for problems as time creates problems, the world began perfect
  • this argument would be inconsistent with his rejection of analogy
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