revision gaps

Question 1

What does hume mean by aquinas describing a creator not a god in his cosmological argument

Answer 1

could be a force of nature he is describing or five greek gods etc

Question 2

how does Peter Millican criticise Aquinas 3 ways

Answer 2

cause and creation cannot come from nothing - we only have experience of cause from rearrangements of matter so no reason to believe this

Question 3

explain Leibnez’ principle of sufficient reason

Answer 3

things have either self containedcauses or external

self - contained (def is contained in itself such as a triangle having 3 sides)

external (def is not contained. why did dinasours die out? would have to find explanation)

universe has to be external because we can conceive of universes that do not exist - has diff qualities

concl - to avoid infinite regression has to be made by something but cannot have infinite external reasons, so must be self-contained

Question 4

why is the form of the good the highest

Answer 4

all other forms participate in the form of the good and is necessary for knowing and using all other forms
eg, truth and beauty are good and participate in form of good

Question 5

how does wittgenstein think all religious language issues could be solved

Answer 5

if language is analysed logically

Question 6

hume on ontological argument

Answer 6

humes hippos
- need evidence from the physical world for a definition
- theres also definitions of dragons and bigfoot
- any evidence of god is just from ‘ignorant and barborous’ nations

Question 7

bertrand russel on ontological argument

Answer 7

begs the question
- the answer starts with the definition so is assuming it
- means it is just a cyclicar argument
- also example of santa being a man

Question 8

what is the casual principle

cosmological argument

Answer 8

the idea that nothing comes from nothing

Question 9

How does hume evaluate the casual principle

Answer 9

its possible for the universe to have no cause.
cosmologicla argument assumes there is no cause
eg, we can imagine something popping into the universe with no cause
would have to be synethic def but we have not experienced ALL events and seen if they have a cause

Question 10

explain what hume means by there being a possibility of infinite regress

Answer 10

Maybe an infinite regress actually is possible.
For something to be impossible it has to be logically self-contradictory.
But there doesn’t appear to be anything illogical or nonsensical about things going back in time forever.

Question 11

what is the criticism called that talks about arbitrary and Impotent

Answer 11

Eurythro dilemma