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23 Cards in this Set
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Theist |
Believes that there is a God or gods |
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Athiest |
Believes there is no God |
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Agnostic |
Suspends judgement about whether there is a god |
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Deism |
Believes in a God who created the world, but nothing beyond that |
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Omnipotent |
All-powerful |
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Omniscient |
All-knowing |
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Natural evil |
Suffering caused by natural events |
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Human evil |
Suffering caused by human actions |
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Faith |
Belief that is independent of evidence |
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Evidence |
Established facts that make a belief more probable |
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Pascal's Wager |
Belief in God+He Exists:Eternal gain Belief in God+Doesn't Exist:No loss/gain Don't believe in God+He Exists:Eternal loss Don't believe in God+Doesn't Exist:No loss/gain |
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External world |
Everything outside of our minds |
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Skepticism |
Doubt or unbelief |
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Brain-in-a-vat |
Brain receiving inputs by being stimulated the right ways. Challenges the idea that we have knowledge of the external world.
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Solipsism |
Nothing exists outside of your mind |
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Method of discovery |
Make observations, formulate hypothesis |
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Method of confirmation |
Must be repeatable, quantifiable, clearly defined terms, scientist held accountable, confirmation is a matter of degree, thus science is objective |
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Simple/complex ideas |
Complex ideas can all be broken down into simpler ideas |
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A priori |
Not dependent on experience |
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A posteriori |
Dependent on existence |
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Certainty |
Cannot realistically imagine being mistaken |
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Pragmatic |
Practical, useful |
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Paradox |
Self-contradictory or false proposition |
