The Teleological Argument Flashcards
What does Telos mean?
End/purpose
What is a posteriori?
an argument based on empircal knowledge
What did Cicero say about the universe?
“What could be more clear or obvious when we look up to the sky and contemplate the heavens, that there is some divinit or superior intelligence?”
What is the design argument based on?
examination of the nature of the world, stating it is too complex to have been produced by random chance
What does Fortuitously mean?
by luck
what does designedly mean?
by intentional design
What is design qua purpose?
the argument the universe appears to have been designed to fulfill a purpose
What is design qua regularity?
the argument the universe behaves according to cosmic laws and rules
what is a mechanistic analogy?
Paley compares the world to a mechanical instrument - a watch
What does observatory mean?
Paley draws conclusions on the watch based on observation and draws the same conclusions by watching the world
What is Aquinas’ 5th way of the summa theologica?
Each body has a natural tendency towards its goal
All order requires a designer
The end-directedness of natural bodies must have a designing force behind it, i.e God
What is Paley’s watchmaker analogy?
In crossing a heath, a stone could have laid there forever but a watch would be so complex it would require a designer. the universe is equally complex and requires a designer
What is OCIP?
Order
Complex
Interaction
Purpose
What is Tennant’s anthropic principle?
The cosmos was made for intelligent life, if the initial conditions of the universe had been different humans would not exist, the fact we do exist is proof of a designer God
what is RUM?
Rationality
Unlikely
Man
