Teleological Arguement Flashcards
1
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5th of Aquinas 5 ways
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Even inanimate things which lack knowledge or intelligence still fulfill their purpose
2
Q
Example of the archer firing the arrow
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The arrow needs to be directed to its targets but the archer just like how inanimate beings need to be directed to their purpose by a designer
3
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Design qua purpose
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Eg analogy of the watch
Example of the eye
4
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Design qua regularity
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Eg relationships between plannets and gravity. There must be a calculating designer who purposefully created the universe according to a plan
5
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David humes criticisms
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- Attack on use of analogies
- Criticised the religious worth of design arguement
- Fallacy of composition
- Epicurean hypothesis
6
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Teleological arguement
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An arguement for the existence of God starting with observed design or telos
7
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Epicurean hypothesis
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Given infinite time, an infinite number of particles could produce order
