PHIL-2366EL Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Natural Kind, Special Creation, Virtue Ethics
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Read chapters 1-2 and pick a topic for the journal. The divine watchmaker theory video 1:50 looks at the design theory about god"s existence then ends with the natural selection being the natural and gradual designer of human and other living thing"s biomechanics. Herschel"s vera causa: a mechanism could be called a vera causa (true cause) if three things could be demonstrated: Its capacity to produce the effects of interest, and. Its explanatory power vis- -vis a wide range of observations. Get a proper definition for the idea of natural kind (pure, stable and unchanging) Natural kinds provide the backbone to the ides of special creation and the theory of the blind watchmaker that mindlessly tinkers to create a variation. Find 2-4 examples to illustrate each of the 3 broad categories of evidence. Consider possible counter arguments or tough cases, as relevant. Looking at the natural traits that have been developed within the various types of finches that.
