PHIL 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Teleological Argument, Panentheism, Pantheism
21 May 2018
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CHAPTER 2 – GOD AND RELIGION
God attributions in religion
- All powerful (Omnipotent)
- All-good (Omnibenevolent)
- All-knowing (Omniscient)
Philosophical terminology
Theism- belief in the existence of God
Atheism- belief that God not not exist
Agnosticism- Neither belief, not disbelief
Monotheism- Belief in one God
Polytheism- Belief in many God
Deism= God created the world then let nature run it
Pantheism= The Universe and God are the same, a divine whole
Panentheism= The Universe is part of God, rather than identical with God.
Aquinas’s arguments about the existence of God
5 arguments:
1. The argument from motion
2. First cause argument
3. Argument from contingency
4. Argument from degree
5. Teleological argument
Argument from motion
P1) In the world, some things are in motion.
P2) Whatever is put in motion is put in motion by another.
P3) There can be no infinite chain of movers.
C: Therefore, there is a first mover (Primmum movens), unmoved (God)
Zeno’s paradoxes of motion
- Questioned the first premise, and said that motion is impossible
- Uses the story of achilles and the tortoise to show his point (there are always
infinities)
The First Cause argument
P1) Things have causes (forming a casual chain)
P2) Nothing can cause itself
P3) There can be no infinite chain of causes
C) Therefore, there must be a first cause (We call this God)
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Document Summary
Deism= god created the world then let nature run it. Pantheism= the universe and god are the same, a divine whole. Panentheism= the universe is part of god, rather than identical with god. 5 arguments: the argument from motion, first cause argument, argument from contingency, argument from degree, teleological argument. P1) in the world, some things are in motion. P2) whatever is put in motion is put in motion by another. P3) there can be no infinite chain of movers. C: therefore, there is a first mover (primmum movens), unmoved (god) Questioned the first premise, and said that motion is impossible. Uses the story of achilles and the tortoise to show his point (there are always infinities) P1) things have causes (forming a casual chain) P3) there can be no infinite chain of causes: therefore, there must be a first cause (we call this god)
