Test 1 Q3 Flashcards
In order to support one’s conclusions about the origins of life in the study of science, one is to use ___________ and ___________
Observation and experiment
Both Carl Sagan and Del Tackett used an appeal to _______ and _______ language to sway listeners opinion on the origins of life
Wonder and assumptive language
What are the two options to explain the origins of life?
There was a beginning and It always existed
What are the two conclusions that science can come to in its study of the origins of life?
Transcendent Creator and Created itself
A record of how ancient philosophers tried to answer this question is illustrated in a painting by ____________
Raphael
Who believed you could understand the world through the study of the realm of particulars?
Aristotle
Who believed you could understand the world through the study of the realm of universals?
Plato
What is the stated purpose of the Scientific process?
To reveal scientific laws/ truths
Define hypothesis.
An early observation based on basic observed data
Define theory.
Observations that have confirmed the original assumption
Define a law.
The observation will always produce the same results
Does someone have to have evidence of the origins of life in order for a law to work?
No
Who made an argument for design by using a watch?
Paley
How did this person form their argument?
No one could look at a watch and say that it was made by anything other than its designer.
Who responded to the argument of design with a “Blind Watchmaker” theory?
Dawkins
How did this person form their argument?
Despite the appearance of design, it has actually evolved over time
Who said that evolution was proven through the fossil record and contemporary molecular biology?
Sagan
In arguing about the complexity of creating a cell in an evolutionary way, who came up with the theory of Directed Panspermia to explain about how cells began on Earth?
Crick
According to the theory of Directed Panspermia, how did cells begin on Earth?
Placed here by aliens
What is the problem evolutionists have when using the fossil record to prove evolution?
Missing links
Who stated that there was a lack of evidence of the estimated 50,000 changes required to transform from a sea creature to a land creature?
Berlinski
Who used theory of Punctuated Equilibrium to actually state the problem of the fossil record?
Gould
How does the theory of Punctuated Equilibrium address the problem of the fossil record?
The reason missing links exist is because changes happened immediately and spontaneously.
Who quoted Darwin himself in the book Darwin’s Black Box to question the validity of evolution?
Behe