AS design argument
- Created by: abigail dalton
- Created on: 06-06-10 15:39
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DESIGN ARGUMENT
AQUINAS' 5TH WAY:
- beneficial order in the universe, could not have happened by chance.
- many things cannot work towards a telos on thier own, they need an intelligent designer to guide them, this must be God.
PALEY:
he put forward the analody of the watch found in a field.
it cannot be explained by saying it has always be there, someone must have put it there, this analogy is like the universe.
SWINBURNE- Arg from probability:
he supports that the probability of design is higher than chance.
he said that theism is the best explanation for apparent order in the universe, this pionts to providential nature: the universe has everything it needs in it for humans and animals to survive.
TENNANT: Aesthetic arg:
the universe is 'saturated…
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