Final Study Guide Semester 1 Flashcards
How is a world view a type of faith
A. Hypothesis about ultimate reality
B. Personal philosophy
C. Belief and a system of thought
{D}. All of the above
Faith assumes you have no evidence for believing what you do
True or {False}
What is the most important question that answers a persons world view
What is the thing that everything else comes from
What world view do most atheist hold to
Materialism
Which world view was held by most the founders of modern science including Kepler, Galileo, and someone else
Theism
Which major world view is represented in the movie Star Wars (May the Force be with You)
Pantheism
According to the materialistic or naturalistic world view where does all matter in the universe come from
From matter
The 19th Century saw a dramatic move away from theism
towards undirected evolution a result of
The personal philosophy of many scientists
In the 1920 what did Edwin Hubble discover about the universe
Everything in the universe was expanding outwards
What theory arose from Edwin Hubble’s Discovery
The Big Bang Theory
The Big Bang Theory suggest the universe had a beginning but silent of how it took place
{True} or False
How would you defend a theistic world point to someone who said there was no scientific evidence for biblical creation
Tell them the discovering of the expanding universe is evidence of a beginning
What is the most compiling evidence for the intelligent design of the universe
The fine tuning of the laws of physics of chemistry
There are about 35 permissions in the universe that must be just right in order for life to exist
{True} or False
Which of the following is an example of a highly improbable event that also has pattern of event
A. An iPad
B. Mt. Rushmore
C. DNA molecule
{D} All of the above
In the debate about design in biology , darwinism says
It looks designed but it wasn’t
What is the problem with the weak Athropic principal
There is no explanation of the cause of the necessary conditions of life
what is the problem with the Many worlds hypothosis
Who or what is generating the universes? we have no evidence of other universes
Intelligent Design
Things looked designed and they were
Darwinism
Things looked designed and they were not designed
In Darwins day what did scientists think about the makeup of a cell
They thought it was like Protoplasm ( a jello-like goo)
What is the function of DNA within the cell
It contains information ( digital code) that directs the making of proteins
Give an example of something that is sequence specific
A combination lock, words, or DNA
In human experience, what is the only source of specified
functional information
Intelligence and information
To what does Bill Gates ( and even Richard Dawkings) compare DNA
A software program
All of life is made up of proteins. what are the odds that a single functional proteins could come together by chance
1/10 to the 164 power
About how many proteins does it take to make up the simplest single cell organism
about 250-400
Why are serious scientists no longer thinking that life began by chance
Because there is no way that the world could
What is the problem with the prebiotic natural selection hypothosis
you cant have natural selection without life
What is the problem with the self organization hypothesis
Natural forces of attraction don’t explain the information produced
If something has the appearance of design, what do we automatically or naturally conclude
That it was designed
If you are trying to explain an event in the remote past, you must invoke a cause known to produce the effect in question. In our experience, what “ cause” produces information
Intelligent design
Why is the intelligent design hypothesis not an option for many scientists
they refuse to include intelligent design as a part of science
What is the most important rule of science
Follow the evidence wherever it leads- to the truth
what evidence do we know have in the fossil record that disproves Darwin’s idea of a gradual morphing of life forms over time
There is new evidence in the fossil record of the sudden appearance of all the major new “body plans” to new types of animals
What are the 3 key conditions for an objective morality
Death, life and reserection
Describe theistic virtue ethics
A sign and reflection of Gods love for his people
what does the materialists believe about morality
No standerd , just choices its merely personal
preferance
What do materialist think about human free will, explain
Good, we are predetermined by our nature
To the materialists, what is just as valuable as human life
Animal life
Describe the philosophy of moral relativism
No ethical norms that apply to all people
What are the problems with relativism
It implies that progress in ethics is impossible
What are somethings that you cannot do if you are a moral relativist
They cant accuse others of wrong doing
they cat complain about being mistreated
they cant blame others or accept moral praise
they cant make charges of unfairness or justice
cant improve your morality
they cant hold meaningful moral discussions about what we should do
In spite of what they may say, explain how the actions of all people reveal that they truly do believe in objective moral standards
?
Describe Evolutionary ethics
Moral rules developed from moral sentiments or moral emotions
What is the only logical explanation for the existence of an objective moral code
There is a God
