Miracles Test Flashcards
What is the main point of D’Souzas chapter regarding David Hume?
David Hume’s own argument (philosophy) can be proven false by his own premises
What is Richard Dawkins main contention concerning scientific laws and miracles?
Scientific laws cannot be violated, hence miracles can’t occur
Who is the scholar that maintained miracles were myths
David Strauss
What is the core argument that refutes Hume’s own contention
Human knowledge is so limited and unreliable that it can never completely dismiss the possibility of miracles
What is the core belief of Logical Positivists
Science operates in the verifiable domain of laws and facts while morality operates in the subjective and unverifiable do,aim of choices and values.
What is the difference between analytic and synthetic statements?
Analytical- where the truth of falsity of a statement can be established
(The statement of self /self verifiable
Synthetic: checking the facts
What are two different statements that are neither true by definition nor are they true by verification?
1) there is life after death or God made the universe
2) David Hume’s criteria for justification
Why are scientific laws unverifiable
No finite number of observations, however large, can be used to derive an unrestricted general conclusion that is logically defendable.
Memorized note
If scientific laws are not absolute then miracles are possible if not probable
Hume argued a disconnection between what two concepts
Class and effect
Newtons laws were true for 200 years until they were replaced by who
Einstein
According to Popper, what is the only function of science in regard to theories
Science cannot verify theories it can only falsify them
