Teleological Argument Criticisms
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- Teleological Argument criticisms
- David Hume
- Rejection of analogy-argument limited in strength because of poor analogy. You cannot compare the blood circulatory system with the way sap travels around a tree
- Other explanations-epicurean hypothesis: random activity can lead to order. "Matter may contain spring of order originally within itself"
- Richard Swinburne
- Anthropoid principle- universe must have been designed as the world can be analysed in a rational manner and the world provides the basic necessities for life to flourish
- Ockham's razor- simplest explanation is god
- John Stewart mill
- The nature and the utility of religion- questioned the goodness of nature given the apparent cruelty to be found in nature.
- If animals were included in a calculation of the amount of suffering in the world, the amount of goodness in nature would be outweighed by the suffering. This leads to the rejection of design
- The nature and the utility of religion- questioned the goodness of nature given the apparent cruelty to be found in nature.
- F.R. Tennant
- Aesthetic Principle- humans appreciate beauty, culture etc but these are not necessary for human life to continue
- Therefore they cannot be a result of natural selection, this implies that they must have been part of a design
- Aesthetic Principle- humans appreciate beauty, culture etc but these are not necessary for human life to continue
- Charles Darwin
- Origin of the species- Darwin noticed that a range of species were very similar but slightly different.
- This is the principle of natural selection which explains order and regularity in the world without there having to be a designer
- Origin of the species- Darwin noticed that a range of species were very similar but slightly different.
- William of Ockham
- Supported by Swinburne- there is no need to make the explanation about the universe more complicated than it need to be
- This would break Ockham's razor, therefore the simplest explanation is that God designed the universe
- Supported by Swinburne- there is no need to make the explanation about the universe more complicated than it need to be
- David Hume
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