Lecture 7: Apologetics and Evolution, cont. Flashcards

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Define metaphysical naturalism.

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Metaphysical naturalism asserts that the material order is all that exists. There is nothing outside of nature, God does not exist, and science provides the only explanations.

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Define scientism.

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The belief that science is the only way to truly apprehend the world.

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Define methodological naturalism.

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For the sake of investigating nature, it assumes any cause of a particular phenomenon can be located within nature itself.

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Who influenced Darwin with his work on the overpopulation of the human species leading to competition?

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Thomas Malthus

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The lecture notes say that all worldviews rest on what and thus are ultimately equal?

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Claims that cannot be proven

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According to scientism, only science produces what?

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True evidence, independent of faith or religious presuppositions.

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