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Existence of God, pt 2

PF logo Pict 2 Existence of God, pt 2, Exploring Natural Theology In this lesson we resume our study of various arguments for the existence of God. What were the arguments that led the 20th century’s leading atheist philosopher to conclude that God exists? What is the teleological argument? What role did the famous philosopher David Hume play in this argument? Did Hume’s critique of the argument settle the matter of disproving the argument? What are two aspects of the teleological argument? It seems that we intuitively normally know when something is designed, but what are the things that actually help us to detect design? What is the anthropic principle? What is irreducible complexity and how does it point to design? Why is the presence of information in biological life evidence of design? (52 min)
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Handout: Fine Tuning
Handout: Hume's Critique of The Teleological Argument