WorksheetsThe Design Argument
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 2mins
Design Argument.
Paley
Aquinas
Hume
Paley uses the analogy of...
A rock
An arrow
A watch
We would think a watch was designed because...
It works through chance.
It is complex, ordered and has purpose.
The parts of a watch have been put together randomly.
The Design Argument is...
Inductive
Deductive
Which theory?
Cosmological
Ontological
Design
Paley's argument is a posteriori.
True
False
A posteriori means...
a concept cannot be known.
a concept is known on the basis of reasoning.
a concept is known on the basis of experience.
a concept is known through feeling.
An analogical argument...
Compares two similar things to draw certain conclusions.
Compares two dissimilar things to draw certain conclusions.
Compares two similar things to draw probable conclusions.
Compares two dissimilar things to draw probable conclusions.
What would happen if any part of the watch was not carefully designed?
It wouldn't work.
It would fulfill its purpose.
Nothing.
Hume lived after Paley and criticised his analogy of the watch.
True.
False.
