Telelogical Arguments

What does Hume mean by, "the fitting of means to ends"?

• The chosen actions that result in an outcome.

• The co-ordination of parts to achieve a purpose.

• The beneficial arrangement of parts.

Which of these are Hume's objections to his design argument from analogy? Tick all that apply.

• We can't make inferences about the whole universe from what we see in this part of the universe.

• Evidence that suggests natural selection is the cause of life, rather than a mind.

• Human designs are dissimilar to what we find in nature.

Which is these is a misconception of Paley's argument?

• Natural things have the property of parts designed with a purpose.

• It's an argument from analogy.

• That God designed nature.

Which of these arguments can be used to most strongly undermine Paley's argument?

• Spatial disorder

• The universe as a unique case

• Evolution

What does Swinburne's argument not claim?

• God is perfect

• God is the designer

• God is omnipotent

Which of these forms the basis of Swinburne's argument?

• Spatial order

• Constant conjunction

• Temporal order

Which of these is Kant's alternative explanation to a designer?

• A worldly architect

• Radom processes

• Evolution

Which of these are two of Swinburne's responses to Hume's objection that a designer, if one exists, isn't "God"?

• God doesn't need a body in order to act everywhere.

• The laws of nature are temporal, so a continually-existing God must be the designer.

• Even if there is spatial disorder, the spatial order in the universe can only come from God.

What's Hume's unique case objection?

• We need repeated experience of more than one god, but there's only one god we have experienced.

• We need repeated experience of relations between causes and effects, but there's only one universe to experience.

• Paley is only using the unique case of finding a watch in order to infer that there's a designer.

What kind of god is Hume arguing against?

• omnipotent but not omniscient

• omniscient but not omnipotent

• omnipotent and omniscient