The Teleological Argument (support)
- Created by: Grace Lidgett
- Created on: 28-12-12 10:27
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- Teleological
- Aquinas' 5th way
- The fifth way is about the governance of the world and an intelligent being who must direct
- The reason objects in the world perform their job effectively is because they were designed that way
- ANALOGY OF ARROW = The reason an arrow reaches its target is because an archer directs it there, similar to God and design
- Design qua regularity
- Just as a formal garden shows evidence of a gardener, the regularity of the universe shows evidence of a designer [God]
- Paley's watch
- A watch is clearly an intricate piece of workmanship,it is designed "and put together for a purpose"
- Design qua purpose
- Evidence shows that design in the world is all around and everything seems to be made to fulfil a purpose
- HUMAN EYE is an example of a complex mechanism which has purpose
- It is equally reasonable to believe that the universe, with similar complexities to the watch, came about with the power of a designer
- Tennant
- Anthropic principle = In response to evolution, such conditions cannot be down to chance, must be designed by God
- Aesthetic argument = "Beauty is the lost thought of theology" - beauty exists through design not natural selection
- Swinburne
- It is far to much of a coincidence [1 in 10 million x23] that we are here today
- The laws of physics which make earth perfect must exist because of divine intelligence
- A posteriori - based on evidence of the world around us
- Aquinas' 5th way
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