The Existence of God
Sometimes referred to as the design argument.
What is the Teleological argument?
holds that all knowledge comes through the five senses
What is Empiricism?
Stating that there are only two options when there are one or more other options
What is a False Dilemma, or False Dichotomy?
Says that something is true if everyone agrees that it is true
What is the consensus theory of truth?
The idea that a universal law implies a universal lawgiver
What is the Axiological argument?
maintains that some knowledge comes through the mind and reasoning rather than through sense perception
What is Rationalism?
Either x or not x is true and there is no other possibility
What is the law of noncontradiction?
Says that something is true if it works
What is the Pragmatic Theory of Truth?
States that the very idea of God necessitates his existence
What is the Ontological argument?
A Posteriori
What is knowledge that comes through experience?
Whatever is, is
What is the Law of Identity?
Everyone accepts it, but no one can prove it
What is self-evident truth?
Argues that the cause of the universe’s existence must be a God-type thing
What is the Cosmological Argument?
A Priori
What is the Knowledge that one has prior to experience?
An entity x has or does not have a property P
What is the Law of Excluded Middle?
Says that something is true if it matches observable reality
What is the correspondence theory of truth?
Presupposes the existence of God as the only explanation for Logic, consciousness, and morals
What is the Transcendental argument?
Speaks of immediate justification for a belief
What is Prima Facie?
This fallacy occurs when an argument contains an assumption that something is true and it is the same thing the argument is trying to prove is true
What is Petitio Principii?
Says that something is true if it fits with our other beliefs
What is the Coherence Theory of truth?