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Philosophy of Religion A Level AQA

a posteriori ANS:from observation

Inductive ANS:based on probability

Palsy's three observations ANS:Complexity, purpose and regularity

Natural Theology, Paley quote ANS:"That designer must have been a person and that person is God."

Paley's illustrations to support his argument ANS:the eye, fish and their gills and regularity of universe

Hume's rejections of the idea of design ANS:mechanistic analogies are inappropriate, the apparent order
could be due to chance

Hume's criticisms of the designer ANS:mechanistic analogy is anthropomorphic, not necessarily God of
christian theism , problem of evil

Value of design argument for religious faith ANS:rationally and empirically based, consistent with biblical
teaching, fits Price's argument of 'belief in' and 'belief that'

No value of design argument for religious faith ANS:Fideists dont need rationality, doesn't address
problem of evil

Anthropic Principle ANS:universe is created for humans

Design argument as proof ANS:most things in life are based on inductive arguments, laws of nature
require explanation

Design argument as insufficient proof ANS:as an inductive argument cannot offer absolute proof, his
observations can be explained naturally e.g rotations due to gravity

Prices view on religious faith ANS:should include belief in and belief that

Fedeism ANS:view that religion is a matter of pure faith

Belief that ANS:acceptance of propositions

belief in ANS:attitude of commitment and trust

Pope John Paul II on Faith and reason ANS:Faith and reason are like two wings on which the human
spotify rises to the contemplation of truth

a priori ANS:from theory with no experience of world

, deductive ANS:reasoning from general to specific

What type of argument is the design argument? ANS:a posteriori and inductive

What type of argument is the Ontological argument ANS:a priori and deductive

analytic statement ANS:based on logic and true by definition

Predicate ANS:information about the subject

Anselm's definition of God ANS:that which nothing greater can be conceived

Necessary truth in ontological argument ANS:God exists

Proslogium 2 ANS:God exists in mind and reality since nothing is greater than existing in both

Proslogium 3 ANS:God is a necessary being since it is greater to be a necessary being than a contingent
one

Contingent being ANS:may or may not exist, dependent on something else

Psalm 14:1 ANS:The fool says in his heart, "There is no God."

Gaunilo's "on behalf of the fool" ANS:lost perfect island criticism

Anselm's response to Gaunilo ANS:islands are contingent god is not

Kant's criticisms of Ontological argument ANS:existence is not a predicate, something cannot be defined
into existence

Kant's view of existence ANS:existence is synthetic not analytic

Barth's view of Anselm ANS:Anselm had a religious experience

Strengths of Ontological argument ANS:deductive so not based on probability, independent of human
observation, if there is a God Anselm's definition makes sense

Weaknesses of Ontological argument ANS:Kant's challenges suggest do not work,

Ontological argument as proof ANS:deductive means it isnt merely on probability, faith-based
acceptance,some say intended as assurance

Ontological argument as insufficient proof ANS:proves if God exists he exists necessarily, confirmation
not proof

Value of ontological argument for faith ANS:works as confirmation, shows preheld beliefs as rational,
reasoned 'belief that' supports 'belief in'