Telos Hume Arg Flashcards

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Hume religious position?

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Atheist.
Empiricist.
Wanted to show that looking at nature will tell us nothing about the Christian concept of god.

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Cause and effect argument

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When we look at a house, we know it has been built.
Either cos you’ve seen one being built, or been told.
But, can we say the same about the universe?
Have u witnessed the world being built?
C/A: G may have placed innate knowledge of himself in out minds.

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The Comparison arguement

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How can we know the world is at all perfect?
To compare a house, i look at another.
yet i cannot look at another world to know if ours is perfect.
It may be a ‘botched job’.

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The first cause arguement:

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If the universe is creation of a complex cosmic mind, then.
Who designed the designer.
If G can make himself, why cant the universe.

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The Problem of evil:

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If the cosmic designer is theistic, omnipotent, benevolent, why is the world so full of evil?
All the destruction, disease and pain suggest quite the opposite to a benevolent god.
C/A: FW is price worth paying. // Even if the watch is malfunctioning, you still see design.

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Machines have many designers…

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A watch has many parts, and many makers, those who assemble, create and fabricate.
Does the world therefore have more than one?
Designer of a watch is mortal and infallible, is god the same?
C/A: Watch analogy cannot be taken too seriously as it will break down.

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The Epicurean hypothesis

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The universes initial state was chaos.
Which gradually became ordered.
Stability and order arnt a result of the divine, but random particles comming together through infinite time.
Time + Chance = Order

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