what type of argument is the teleological argument?
a posteriori
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Describe Aquinas' Fifth Way
unintelligent natural things require something with intelligence to direct them to their goal. This is God
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The example Aquinas uses to demonstrate this
The archer shooting an arrow at a target. The arrow needs a guiding hand to fulfil its purpose of hitting the target.
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Who criticised Aquinas' Fifth Way?
William Paley and David Hume
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What analogy did William Paley use?
Someone finding a watch found on the heath.
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Explain William Paley's analogy
the orderly way in which the watch worked and the complexity and purpose of it would suggest the watch was not left there by chance but was designed. We don't have to see a watch being made to know it has a maker.
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Name all Hume's critisicms
1. cabbage theory 2. scale analogy 3. no comparison 4. imperfect world 5. Epicurean thesis
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Explain the cabbage theory
Paley fits the point he wants to prove. The analogy of the watch fits the outcome he wants. It could also be seen as a cabbage because they are green
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Explain the Scale analogy
Imagine you have a scale with one side hidden. The side we can see is the world, but we can't see the other side so can't predict its weight or size. Therefore cannot presume it was made by someone.
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Explain the No comparison theory
we have no other word to compare ours to, meaning we have no standard to judge whether its ordered or not.
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Explain the Imperfect world theory
why would God create an imperfect world? With natural evil......
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Explain the Epicurean thesis
in infinite time the particles that make up the universe are bound to come up with the combination that might be stable and orderly.
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unintelligent natural things require something with intelligence to direct them to their goal. This is God
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Describe Aquinas' Fifth Way
Card 3
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The archer shooting an arrow at a target. The arrow needs a guiding hand to fulfil its purpose of hitting the target.
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