PHL 100 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Cogito Ergo Sum, Begging, Theodicy

• School: University of Alabama
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHL 100
• Professor: Timothy Butzer

Document Summary

I have included some questions that will help you in studying for the exam. I do not guarantee that this review sheet covers all the content that will be on the exam. You should also carefully review the slides and the lecture notes. The questions on the exam may be phrased differently than they appear on this sheet. Is(cid:374)"t satisf(cid:455)i(cid:374)g to sa(cid:455) the u(cid:374)i(cid:448)e(cid:396)se (cid:449)as (cid:396)a(cid:374)do(cid:373)l(cid:455) (cid:272)(cid:396)eated: god is a satisfactory argument for the universe, appealing to god when other explanations are possible is the. Explain: god can explain everything, so therefore, god really explains nothing, makes it hard to find when god is ever a good explanation, explain how anthropic reasoning works in the case of life-supporting planets. Not su(cid:396)p(cid:396)isi(cid:374)g that (cid:449)e(cid:396)e he(cid:396)e the(cid:396)efo(cid:396)e its (cid:374)ot (cid:272)aused (cid:271)(cid:455) god, it"s the only place we could be: can apply on a larger scale to the universe for both the anthropic.