The Teleological Argument
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- The Teleological Argument
- Looking at the end result in order to draw conclusions
- (Design Arguments)
- Inductive and a posteriori - look at our experiences of the world and draw inferences from them
- Looking at the end result in order to draw conclusions
- (Design Arguments)
- Inductive and a posteriori - look at our experiences of the world and draw inferences from them
- Reach conclusions which are statements of probability rather than conclusive proofs
- It is up to us whether we agree with the premises of the argument
- Reach conclusions which are statements of probability rather than conclusive proofs
- Aquinas' Design argument
- Purpose in the universe is evidence for the existence of God, everything in nature which is moving but which has no intelligence ( inanimate objects) must be directed to its goal by God
- Paley's Watch analogy
- If a person found a watch they would notice how well it worked in order to tell the time and so would conclude that someone would have made the watch
- He said looking at the watch is similar to looking at the world or human body and noticing how well it works together
- We don't have to see the watch being made to realise there must have been a maker
- If a person found a watch they would notice how well it worked in order to tell the time and so would conclude that someone would have made the watch
- Inductive and a posteriori - look at our experiences of the world and draw inferences from them
- (Design Arguments)
- Reach conclusions which are statements of probability rather than conclusive proofs
- It is up to us whether we agree with the premises of the argument
- Looking at the end result in order to draw conclusions
- Aquinas' Design argument
- Purpose in the universe is evidence for the existence of God, everything in nature which is moving but which has no intelligence ( inanimate objects) must be directed to its goal by God
- Paley's Watch analogy
- If a person found a watch they would notice how well it worked in order to tell the time and so would conclude that someone would have made the watch
- He said looking at the watch is similar to looking at the world or human body and noticing how well it works together
- We don't have to see the watch being made to realise there must have been a maker
- If a person found a watch they would notice how well it worked in order to tell the time and so would conclude that someone would have made the watch
- Inductive and a posteriori - look at our experiences of the world and draw inferences from them
- (Design Arguments)
- The orderliness in the universe points to an intelligent designer which is God
- Looking at the end result in order to draw conclusions
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