Unit 1: Who is God? Philosophy of Religion
- Deductive Arguments: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKEhdsnKKHs&t=315s
- Inductive and Abductive Arguments: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wrCpLJ1XAw&t=1s
- Valid: logical, makes sense, well supported with evidence
- Invalid: illogical, makes no sense
- Sound: true, well supported with evidence
- Unsound: false, unsupported
Fallacies
- Ad Hominem: Ignoring what someone is saying and insulting them instead
- Appeal to Emotion: Attempting to evoke sympathy so someone will agree with you
- Wishful Thinking: Assuming something is true without evidence
- Red Herring: Changing the topic and distracting someone
- False Dichotomy: Lie that there are only two options when there are many
- Slippery Slope: Responding to a small problem with a giant exaggeration
- Straw Man: Misrepresenting your opponent’s original argument
- Faulty Analogy: Depending the conclusion of an argument on a weak analogy
- Bandwagon: Arguing that many people agree with an argument, therefore it is true
Arguments for God
St. Anselm’s Ontological Argument LINK
St. Aquinas’ Cosmological Argument LINK
Moral and Human Dignity Arguments LINK
Paschall’s Wager Restated LINK