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Phil Religion Exam 2
| William Paley | Natural Theology and Design Argument from Bio |
| David Hume | Design Argument is inductive analogical argument (probable analogy) |
| Robin Collins | Fine Tuning argument |
| William Lane Craig | Moral Argument and Divine Command Theory |
| Aquinas | leading proponent of theory of natural law, God is metaphysically necessary but not logically necessary |
| Aristotle | Theory of Natural Law |
| J. L. Mackie | Even if you can't have good without evil, we don't need the extent of evil that there is in the world |
| William Rowe | Evidential Problem of Evil, Noseeum Inference |
| Alvin Plantinga | Free Will Defense |
| Leibniz | POE shows that we must be living in the best possible world because an omni-god only permits evil that is necessary for greater goods. |
| Stephen Wykstra | Skeptical Theism |
| Design Argument | 1. Watches and human eyes have complex structures which enable them to fulfill complex functions well. 2. Watches can fulfill complex functions bc product of intelligent design. 3. Human eyes are probably product of intelligent design. |
| Hume's Objections to Design Argument | 1. Eyes and watches are not that similar 2. Even if argument does succeed, it proves smth less than God. |
| Natural Selection | new species develop gradually and slowly through incremental change because of random variation, competition, inheritance, and survival of the fittest |
| Darwin's theory of evolution proves design arg wrong bc | eye is the product of evolution and nat selection not design |