4.4 - The design argument
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- 4.4 - The design argument
- William Paley
- Used an analogy of a watch
- If found on a heath and looked at, would show evidence it had been designed
- World shows complexity and purpose (showing it had been designed) like a watch (hands etc...)
- Used an analogy of a watch
- Frederick Robert Tennant
- Saw evolution as evidence of existence of designer God
- Evolution has a purpose - to develop increasingly complex life forms
- Become more intelligent and possess moral awareness
- Tennant believed this demonstrated that evolution was guided by God
- Anthropic Principle
- The universe is so perfectly structured to ensure that life would develop
- Introduction
- The appearance of design in the world is evidence for the existence of a creator
- The natural world reveals an order and complexity that could only be achieved through intelligent design and being: God
- William Paley
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