Teleological Intro

What type of argument are the teleological and cosmological arguments?

• Deductive

• A posteriori

• A priori

• Intrusive

What are the 4 things that we see in the world according to the teleological argument?

• Order, beauty, purpose, cosmology

• Order, purpose, logic, complexity

• Order, beauty, purpose, complexity

What example does Aquinas use to demonstrate his teleological argument?

• Watch

• The eye

• Heath

• Archer

What was the name of Thomas Aquinas' book?

• Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion

• Natural Theology

• Summa Theologica

Why were the 18^th and 19^th centuries so important to science?

• There were many advances in astronomy, botany, anatomy

• The industrial revolution began

• The microscope had been invented

• There were advances in medicines

What was Paley's most famous example for the teleological argument?

• The arrow and the archer

• The complexity of the telescope

• Watch and the watchmaker

Which famous scientist studied Paley's works?

• Dawkins

• Darwin

• Copernicus

• Einstein

What is the definition of teleological?

• Knowledge of God based on observed facts and experience apart from divine revelation.

• Relating to the origin and development of the universe.

• Looking to the end results in order to draw a conclusion about what is right or wrong.

• The philosophical study of the nature of being, becoming, existence, or reality

What did Paley suggest about the nature of God because of the level of detail and care in the making of the universe?

• God cannot have a beginning nor an end.

• God cares for us as part of his creation.

• God forgives us when we sin.

• God knows all.