Worksheets6.2 - Philosophy - Teleological Argument
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 11mins
The Teleological Argument was originally developed by...
Paley
Aquinas
Hume
Plato
The Teleological Argument was later developed by
Paley
Aquinas
Hume
Plato
Design qua purpose means...
Objects in the world don't show purpose 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
Objects in the world are random which suggests it was designed
Paley uses the analogy of...
a train
a phone
a shoe
a watch
Paley's argument is...
an inductive argument
a deductive argument
An analogical argument...
Compares two similar things to draw certain conclusions
Compares two similar things to draw probable conclusions
Compares two dissimilar things to draw certain conclusions
Compares two dissimilar things to draw probable conclusions
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
We would think a watch was designed because...
We couldn't have made it
It's basic
We already know that it was
It's complex, intricate and has a purpose
Paley's argument is...
a priori
a posteriori
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 if known through feeling
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
In which book did Paley present his argument?
Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
Unnatural Theology
Natural Theology
Summa Theologica
The word 'teleological' comes from the Greek word 'Telos' which means...
Time
Universe
Victory
End or Goal
Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274AD) argued that God-given reason would lead us to acknowledge the existence of the God who was revealed through the Scriptures. He famously put forward his ________ Ways of proving God's existence
Many
Seven
Three
Five
Aquinas' argued that natural bodies act towards a goal (telos) and that "whatever lacks knowledge cannot move towards an end, unless it is directed by some being endowed with knowledge and intelligence; as the ________ is directed by the _________.
Horse is directed by the Chariot
Watch is directed by the Watchmaker
Ball is directed by the Striker
Arrow is directed by the Archer
William Paley (1743-1805) argued that objects in nature are analogous to machines because they, like machines, contain __________, ______________ and ____________
Cause, Change, Effect
Potentiality, Actuality, Pure Actuality
Order, Complexity, Purpose
Beauty, Intelligence, Knowledge
In order to expose the flaws in arguments from observation, and to perhaps hide his personal views, the empirical philosopher David Hume wrote in the form of...
Monologue
Poetry
Song
Dialogue
F.R. Tennant was the first philosopher to coin the phrase the _________ ____________, and argued that there are so many unlikely coincidences in the fundamental laws of nature all required for the existence of human life, that there must be an intelligent designer, God, who fine-tuned the universe for our existence.
Aesthetic Principle
Goldilocks Effect
Anthropic Principle
Irreducible Complexity
Philsoophers sometimes refer to the principle of (William of) Ockham's _________ when weighing up arguments, seeking to consider which argument is simplest (and doesn't multiply issues un-necessarily)
Ockham's Razor
Ockham's Scissor
Ockham's Apple
Ockham's Knife
Charles Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection was introduced in his 1859 book ...
The Blind Watchmaker
The God Delusion
On the Origin of the Species
On the Evidence for Evolution
Who argued that God was the most likely explanation for the universe as the chances of the universe happening were as unlikely as a random card playing machine producing 10 Ace of Hearts from ten consecutive packs.
Charles Darwin
Richard Dawkins
William Paley
Richard Swinburne
Which famous scientist has repeatedly challenged the argument from design, arguing it is a 'god of the gaps' idea that fails in the face of real Darwinian science?His criticisms can be found in many of his books, such as 'The God Delusion', 'River out of Eden', 'The Blind Watchmaker', and 'The Selfish Gene'.
Richard Dawkins
FR Tennant
Richard Swinburne
Brian Cox
