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Decks in this class (18)

1A: Inductive Arguments - Cosmological
What is an inductive argument,
What is an a posteriori argument,
Background to cosmological arguments
13  cards
1B: Inductive Arguments - Teleological
What are teleological arguments,
What are the two different teleol...,
Who are the three philosophers wi...
11  cards
1C: Challenges To Inductive Arguments
Who was david hume,
What were hume s criticisms of th...,
Criticism of ca fallacy of compos...
15  cards
1D: Deductive Arguments - Origins of the Ontological Argument
What is a deductive argument,
What is an ontological argument,
Examples of ontological arguments
7  cards
1E: Deductive Arguments - Developments of the Ontological Argument
Who developed the ontological arg...,
Who was norman malcolm,
What was descartes argument
6  cards
1F: Challenges to the Ontological Argument
Who challenged the ontological ar...,
Who was gaunilo,
Who was immanuel kant
7  cards
2A: Problem of evil and suffering
What is evil,
What are the two types of evil,
What is the god of classical theism
18  cards
2B: Religious responses to the problem of evil - Augustinian type theodicy
Who was augustine,
Augustines theodicy pt1,
Augustines theodicy pt2
16  cards
2B: Religious responses to the problem of evil - Irenaean type theodicy
Who was irenaeus,
Irenaeus theodicy pt1 the creatio...,
Irenaean theodicy pt2 why god all...
18  cards
2D: Religious belief as a product of the human mind: Freud
Who was sigmund freud,
Background freud believes religio...,
Background religion comes from th...
23  cards
2E: Religious belief as a product of the human mind: Jung
0  cards
2F: Issues relating to the rejection of religion: Atheism
Ancient greek atheism,
Atheism enlightenment era,
Atheism 1960s
24  cards
3A: The Nature of religious experience
What is a religious experience,
What is a vision,
What are the different types of v...
23  cards
3B: Mystical experience
Who was william james,
What are james four characteristi...,
Ineffability
10  cards
3C: Challenges to the objectivity and authenticity of religious experience
Who is caroline franks davis,
What davis three main criticisms,
Criticism description related cha...
16  cards
3D: the influence of religious experience on religious practice and faith
0  cards
3E: the definitions of miracles
Which four philosophers have defi...,
What is aquinas definition of mir...,
What is hume s deifntion of miracles
13  cards
3F: contrasting views on miracles
Who are the two contrasting philo...,
Hume s main reasons to disregard ...,
Hume weight of evidence against m...
15  cards

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