PHIL 1200 Lecture Notes - Kurt Baier, Theism, Teleological Argument
19 Mar 2014
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Baier: obviating the need for the transcendent. Objections to scientific atheism answered. In his contribution, austrian born american philosopher kurt baier notes that on the. Christian conception of the world was discovered to be erroneous in various important details. Disagreements over details of the world picture, however, are only superficial aspects of a much deeper conflict. The appropriateness of the whole christian outlook is at issue. Science, moreover, could explain them better, that is, more accurately and more reliably . In fact, scientific explanations do not seem to leave any room for this hypothesis. (83- 4) Ockham"s razor (aka the principle of simplicity, the principle of parsimony): _________ In effect, although he doesn"t come right out and say so, baier is relying on principles like. Ockham"s razor when he suggests that science has made religious, theistic worldviews like. Postulating god in addition to the natural world that science can explain is to postulate an unnecessary entity.
