Teleological Argument
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- Created on: 27-03-13 09:33
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- Teleological Argument
- 'a posteriori'
- Based on external evidence; knowledge after experience
- Aquinas Fifth Way
- beneficial order of the universe could not happen by chance
- objects do not have the intelligence to work towards an end/purpose
- they must be directed by something that does have intelligence and is of great power
- GOD
- they must be directed by something that does have intelligence and is of great power
- Everything acts with order and purpose
- unintelligent things cannot order themselves
- Paley's Watch Analogy
- Shows how unity and purpose cannot be explained by chance.
- examples : eye was desifned with a specific purpose to see
- The discovery of a watch on a beach could not be explained by chance
- Paley's Watch Analogy
- Shows how unity and purpose cannot be explained by chance.
- examples : eye was desifned with a specific purpose to see
- The discovery of a watch on a beach could not be explained by chance
- The discovery of a watch on a beach could not be explained by chance
- examples : eye was desifned with a specific purpose to see
- Design qua regularity
- evidence for creator God in the regularity of the universe
- considered the motion of planets in our solar system
- relationships between planets & the effect of gravity could not have come about without a God
- Shows how unity and purpose cannot be explained by chance.
- Paley's Watch Analogy
- The discovery of a watch on a beach could not be explained by chance
- examples : eye was desifned with a specific purpose to see
- Design qua regularity
- evidence for creator God in the regularity of the universe
- considered the motion of planets in our solar system
- relationships between planets & the effect of gravity could not have come about without a God
- Shows how unity and purpose cannot be explained by chance.
- 'a posteriori'
- this is not by chance but by design
- Everything acts with order and purpose
- unintelligent things cannot order themselves
- Analogy of the Arrow
- Everything acts with order and purpose
- Analogy of the Arrow
- an arrow needs an archer to reach a target
- universe must have been designed by someone = God
- why the arrow performs its job so well is that the arrow was designed that way
- The world has purpose, benefit, regularity, and suitablity
- Teleological Argument
- 'a posteriori'
- Based on external evidence; knowledge after experience
- Aquinas Fifth Way
- beneficial order of the universe could not happen by chance
- objects do not have the intelligence to work towards an end/purpose
- they must be directed by something that does have intelligence and is of great power
- GOD
- they must be directed by something that does have intelligence and is of great power
- 'a posteriori'
- Teleological Argument
- Thus gives evidence of design
- Design must have been created by someone
- So if created, the designer is God
- The world has purpose, benefit, regularity, and suitablity
- Thus gives evidence of design
- Design must have been created by someone
- The world has purpose, benefit, regularity, and suitablity
- there must have been a designer who made the watch for its purpose because of its complexity
- Watch and the Universe
- there must have been a designer who made the watch for its purpose because of its complexity
- there must have been a designer who made the watch for its purpose because of its complexity
- there must have been a designer
- Watch and the Universe
- the universe is so complex that it must have been 'desgined' by an intelligent being
- Watch and the Universe
- Makes assumptions, with no solid evidence to prove his theory
- Assumes that things in the natural world have some purpose
- Criticisms
- David Hume
- Analogy of the house: a house had a builder and architect - we cannot assume the same for the universe
- If the house is faulty, what does this suggest about the designer?
- could be other explanations for God being the creator
- stated that there need not necessarily be one single designer (more than one)
- not actual proof of a God let alone a designer
- stated that there need not necessarily be one single designer (more than one)
- Analogy of the house: a house had a builder and architect - we cannot assume the same for the universe
- Criticism of Paley: incorrect to compare the universe to a watch
- as we have no proof of anything similar
- David Hume
- Design qua purpose
- Weaknesses
- Makes assumptions, with no solid evidence to prove his theory
- Assumes that things in the natural world have some purpose
- Criticisms
- David Hume
- Analogy of the house: a house had a builder and architect - we cannot assume the same for the universe
- If the house is faulty, what does this suggest about the designer?
- could be other explanations for God being the creator
- stated that there need not necessarily be one single designer (more than one)
- not actual proof of a God let alone a designer
- stated that there need not necessarily be one single designer (more than one)
- Analogy of the house: a house had a builder and architect - we cannot assume the same for the universe
- Criticism of Paley: incorrect to compare the universe to a watch
- as we have no proof of anything similar
- David Hume
- Makes assumptions, with no solid evidence to prove his theory
- If God desgined the world, is he directly responsible for evil in it?
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