Design Argument Revision
- Created by: Crystal Beth Lab
- Created on: 02-05-16 11:26
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- DESIGN ARGUMENT
- Intro
- Aim; to suggest that the existence of God is most likely through arguing the design of the universe,
- Analogies
- Inference to the best explanation
- Occam's Razor
- A Posteriori premises
- Paley's argument
- Analogy of the watchmaker
- Can see that the world is designed
- World is more like a watch than a rock
- If watches are designed, and the world is like a watch, then the world must've been designed
- Inference to the best explanation means God is the Designer
- HUME'S CRITICISMS
- Team of God's.
- Watches are designed by teams of people - if the world is like a watch - inference to the best explanation would suggest that a team designed the world.
- Malevolent or infantile god
- Design doesn't explain the imperfection in the world.
- World isn't like a watch
- Analogy doesn't work. World is not like a watch as it is an organic thing. It's more like a vegetable.
- Team of God's.
- HUME'S CRITICISMS
- Inference to the best explanation means God is the Designer
- If watches are designed, and the world is like a watch, then the world must've been designed
- Analogy of the watchmaker
- Aquinas' 5th way qua regularity
- a posteriori premise that everything moves towards a purpose or goal
- organic beings can't move by themselves
- organic beings lack intelligence
- and intelligent being must move organic beings towards their goal
- Just as the arrow is moved by the archer towards it's goal, God'd design has made it so that beings without intelligence move towards a goal by his design.
- CRITICISM OF EVOLUTION
- This can be easily argued with evolution. This doesn't just argue for design,a and can support science as well
- Evolution gives the appearance of design. Inorganic beings have evolved to behave a certain way, i.e. plants facing the sun, and thus give the appearance of design.
- This can be easily argued with evolution. This doesn't just argue for design,a and can support science as well
- CRITICISM OF EVOLUTION
- a posteriori premise that everything moves towards a purpose or goal
- Modern arguments
- Swinburne
- Card Machine analogy
- The universe as it is, is the only way that we can see the universe. There is no other way human life can exist
- Is it more likely to be chance that the universe hosts human life? Or design?
- Bomb analogy (specific values needed on wind dials for an explosion)
- Strong force between atoms, goldilocks zone. All provide ample evidence for design and hosting huan life. All specific. Any deviation would mean we couldn't exist.
- CRITICISMS
- Multiverse theory
- possibility that there are many more universes that have different conditions. We just happened to be able to evolve in this one
- COUNTER!
- No evidence for multiverse. There is, however, evidence for design of the universe.
- COUNTER!
- possibility that there are many more universes that have different conditions. We just happened to be able to evolve in this one
- Anthropic principle
- egotistical to believe that the universe was designed purely to host human life,
- Multiverse theory
- Bomb analogy (specific values needed on wind dials for an explosion)
- Is it more likely to be chance that the universe hosts human life? Or design?
- The values (presented as ten ace of spades from ten 52 card decks) give perfect conditions for life.
- The universe as it is, is the only way that we can see the universe. There is no other way human life can exist
- Card Machine analogy
- White
- Strong force between atoms, goldilocks zone. All provide ample evidence for design and hosting huan life. All specific. Any deviation would mean we couldn't exist.
- Swinburne
- Intro
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