Design argumentu
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- Design argument
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- Aquinas- 13th centaury philosopher.
- 'summa theologica'- 5 ways to prove existence of God.
- purpose, regularity,benefit
- Argument from gouvernance
- analogy of the arrow and the archer.
- Just as an archer must direct an arrow, God must direct nature.
- P1)inanimate objects consistently produce beneficial results.
- P2) Lack intelligence and rational power- not self guided.
- P3) external factor with intelligence must guide it to produce beneficial order
- P2) Lack intelligence and rational power- not self guided.
- Paley- wrote 'natural theology'
- compared natural world and biological beings to manmade machines
- order, purpose,regularity
- design qua purpose
- Everything clearly designed for a purpose
- analogy of the watch and the watch maker
- P1) the complexity allows it to fulfil its purpose- this requires a designer.
- P2) similar effects(complexity) imply similar causes(designer)
- P3) the complexity of the universe implies a designer- allowing universe to fulfil its purpose
- Also used a more natural analogy of the human eye.
- Design qua regularity
- universe has order and regularity. e.g. solar system.
- observed newton's laws of motion and gravity-showed design.
- they way solar system rotates and obeys laws didn't come about by chance
- External agent behind the order and regularity is God
- Tenant- English philosopher and theologian
- Aesthetic argument
- Based on beauty of nature
- Humans are able to appreciate beauty- not necessary for survival.
- did not occur through natural selection
- beauty is the product of a creative designer-GOD!!
- Anthropic principle
- Based on natures suitability for life.
- Natural laws of the universe have been 'fine tuned' allowing human life to exist.
- universe seems to have been structured so that the development of human life is inevitable.
- If the laws of nature were slightly different humans wouldn't exist.
- Aesthetic argument
- Swinburne- British philosopher of religion.
- two types of order
- special order
- 'regularities of co-precense' e.g complex structures of plants and animals
- Temporal order
- 'regularities of succession' e.g- newton's laws
- special order
- two types of order
- Aquinas- 13th centaury philosopher.
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