Critiques of the Design Argument

Which of the following is a criticism of the design argument?

• The world is too simple to require a designer.

• Complexity is an absolute standard.

• Complexity can be argued to be relative.

• Natural disasters prove the world is ordered.

According to the text, what do advances in modern scientific enquiry suggest about design?

• Design is always the result of a designer.

• Design can be explained as the result of naturally occurring processes.

• Design is a myth.

• Design is irrelevant to understanding the world.

What does Hume argue about the strength of evidence when cases are less than perfectly alike?

• The evidence becomes stronger.

• The evidence remains the same.

• The evidence becomes weaker.

• The evidence is irrelevant.

According to Hume, what is projected by human beings onto nature?

• Natural laws

• Purpose

• Randomness

• Chaos

What does Hume suggest about the future resembling the past?

• It is a logical certainty.

• It is based on human custom or habit.

• It is scientifically proven.

• It is a divine truth.

What does Hume argue about the trust in the uniformity of nature?

• It is based on divine intervention.

• It is a logical necessity.

• It is based on human custom or habit.

• It is irrelevant to human understanding.

What does Hume argue about the logical reasoning of cause and effect?

• It is always accurate.

• It cannot be justified by logical reasoning.

• It is irrelevant to understanding.

• It is a divine truth.

What does Hume argue about the presumption of effects having causes?

• It is a logical certainty.

• It is based on human custom or habit.

• It is scientifically proven.

• It is a divine truth.

What does Hume argue about the design of the world and the necessity of a designer?

• It definitely requires a designer.

• It could be due to an unknown cause.

• It is the result of a great universal mind.

• It is beyond scientific explanation.

What does Hume argue about the characteristics of the designer?

• They are fixed and known.

• They depend on our observations.

• They are irrelevant.

• They are divine.