Hume's Criticisms to the teleological argument

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Weak Analogy 

We cannot assume that everyone understands that the world is formed regularly and with a purpose

  • characteristics of design may be obvious in a watch but not in the world 
  • not right to draw conclusions from nature and from machines - little similarity 

Order in the World

  • order in the world does not necessarily mean that someone created the world 
  • we do not have experience of order in other worlds, this limits the argument 
  • there may be other worlds with more order than ours 

Order is necessary 

  • Hume believed that order is necessary in the world 
  • if there was no order the world…

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