PHL 202 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Unmoved Mover, Teleological Argument, Ontological Argument
20 Apr 2019
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Natural theology: reason is sufficient to a knowledge of god . Still, some things of god cannot be known apart from revelation (e. g. the trinity) Cosmological argument: (thomas aquinas (13th c. e) believed in reason. 5 aspects: argument from motion whatever is moved must be moved by another but there cannot be an infinite regress of motion must be a first, unmoved mover (prime mover: god) Teleological argument (william paley): based on the 5th way of the. Cosmological argument watch analogy design of a watch could not happen by chance universe is as complex as a watch design in the universe could not have happened by chance. Priori: based on reason ex: ontological and moral argument. Ontological argument (anselm): defines god: that than which nothing greater can be conceived . God is the greatest possible being doubter: 3. The idea does exist in the mind even of the. It is greater to exist in reality than in the mind only: 4.
