Introduction to Philosophy test 4 study guide

Be able to

Define

Traditional creationism

Intelligent design creationism

theory of evolution

Do the following

Explain the argument from religious experience

Explain the cosmological argument

Explain the design argument

Explain the ontological argument

Tell what Pascal's wager attempts to establish

Explain one problem with Pascal's Wager (be sure to tell WHY it's a problem)

Explain the problem of evil

Explain C.S. Lewis' argument for God's existence

Explain why Lewis argues that God can't do logically impossible things

Explain what the theodicies are meant to show

Tell what Ivan in The Brothers Karamazov argues is too great a price to pay for harmony and justice (and causes him to renounce his entrance ticket to heaven) Porter p. 306-322.

Explain the problem of evil. Explain how the free will defense is supposed to solve the problem of evil. Do you think the free will defense is a good way to solve the problem of evil? Why or why not?

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