WorksheetsDesign argument
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
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
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.
The design argument is based upon what observation?
the universe is profoundly organized, without which no life could emerge
the universe is in a state of total disorder/chaos
disorganization is the basic state of things
sensory data provides no meaningful access to reality
Design qua purpose means...
Objects in the world are random which suggests it was designed
Objects in the world show order which suggests it was designed
Objects in the world show purpose which suggests it was designed
In which book did Paley present his argument?
Summa Theologica
The Origin of Species
Natural Theology
Why is the Design Argument also known as the Teleological Argument?
Design links to Telos which means goal/purpose
Design links to Theo which means god
Design links to Tele which means vision
Design qua regularity means...
There's order in the world which suggests it was designed
There's purpose in the world which suggests it was designed
There's chaos in the world which suggests it was designed
There's order in the world which suggests it was not designed
a priori means...
concepts cannot be known
a concept is known through experience
a concept is known or justified independent of any experience
a concept can be known through feeling
'A triangle has three sides' is what type of statement?
Synthetic
Analytical
'It is snowing in Austria' is what type of statement?
Synthetic
Analytical
