The Design Argument Quiz

Which of Aquinas' ways linked to the design argument?
1. 1
2. 2
3. 3
4. 5
What did Aquinas use to show that non intelligent objects needed something to guide them?
1. A swordsman using a sword
2. A painter using a paint brush
3. An archer firing an arrow
4. A fisherman catching a fish
The word teleological comes from the Greek word 'telos' which means
1. design
2. purpose
3. end
4. pattern
The design argument is an
1. a posteriori argument
2. a priori argument
3. a priority argument
John Wisdom's parable has been used to convey the idea of order and regularity, and passing this on to show the same in the Universe. What was the parable?
1. The Parable of the Sower
2. The Parable of the rich man
3. The Parable of the Gardener
4. The Parable of watchmaker
What was the name of William Paley's book in which he put forward his argument on the design theory?
1. Natural design (1803)
2. Natural order (1802)
3. Natural Theology (1802)
4. Natural development (1803)
Name two items which Paley used to express the 'design qua purpose' aspect of his teleological argument
1. Ear
2. Eye
3. Clock
4. Watch
Could David Hume have responded to William Paley's ideas about the teleological argument
1. Yes
2. No
Within the design argument there are two separate areas - Design qua regularity and Design qua purpose. 'Qua' is a Latin word what does it mean?
1. showing
2. as relating to
3. with
4. as well as
The 'design qua regularity' aspect is conveyed through
1. the eye
2. natural laws
3. the planets
Whose workings did Paley use as an example to show the 'design qua regularity' aspect of the theory?
1. Arthur Brown
2. Aristotle
3. Isaac Newton
4. Plato
Arthur Brown in 1946 supported the design theory based on astronomy, what did he use as his example to show that only a creator could have the forethought to have designed this aspect of the Universe.
1. The ozone layer
2. The sun's rays
3. The colours of the rainbow
4. The trajectory of the planets
Who developed the anthropic principle and the aesthetic argument?
1. F.R. Tennant
2. Richard Swinburne
3. David Hume
4. Charles Darwin
The Anthropic principle states that the cosmos has been constructed for the development of -
1. Human life
2. Animal life forms
3. Intelligent life
4. God's children
David Hume argued against the design argument. What was the name of the book in which he laid out his criticisms?
1. Dialogues concerning the telelogical argument
2. Dialogues concerning Natural Theology
3. Dialogues concerning the order of the Universe
4. Dialogues concerning Natural Religion
During his lifetime was William Paley able to come up with a way to counter Darwin's theory of evolution?
1. Yes
2. No
An a priori argument depends on
1. experience
2. knowledge independent of experience
Charles Darwin's theory of evolution depended on what?
1. Nature's selection
2. Natural selection
3. National selection
4. Nominal selection
Immanuel Kant was in favour of the design argument
1. Yes
2. No
An a posteriori argument is an argument which can only be said to be true after empirical evidence has been used to prove it true. Is this correct?
1. No
2. Yes