The Design Argument

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  • Created on: 04-12-20 11:50
The design argument is … and an ……. argument
inductive a posteriori
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what does a posteriori mean?
based on sensory experience of the world
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what does inductive mean?
using propositions that support a conclusion to supply strong evidence for the truth of the conclusion
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true or false? Inductive arguments are about what might be true, but what might turn out to be false
true
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Paley's argument is based off what three sensory observations of the world?
complexity, regularity and purpose
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describe Paley's analogy of the watch in as short a summary as possible
the analogy says that we can find a watch and see its complexity, regularity and purpose and therefore assume based off this that it has been created for something. It must have a creator, a watchmaker. If we see the universe, we can note how it also has
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describe Paley's inductive design argument
some objects in the world show clear evidence that they were designed because they exhibit complexity, regularity and purpose. The universe appears to exhibit these things and so we can infer that it has been designed as it has purpose, and so has a desig
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why is Paley's design argument an inductive one?
because it's based off what we can see in the world and tracing it back to the supposed cause, God
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