The Teleological argument

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What is the teleological argument? Teleological arguments are inductive, a posteriori arguments for the existence of God that are often analogous and try to show that the universe was designed and therefore had a designer
What are inductive arguments? Inductive arguments are arguments that use evidence and observations to reach a general conclusion
What is Aquinas' arrow? the world is like an arrow in flight, it is not sentient, conscious and is unable to think, therefore there had to be an archer, which is God
What is Paley's watch? You are walking along a beach and you find a watch, this watch has purpose, order and purpose, you know it wasn't created by the sea, or just came into being so it must have had a designer. This is the same for the universe ergo, the universe had a designer which has to be God
Can Paley's watch be applied to humans? Yes, for example the eye all all three components of design so this is evidence for design and where there is design there is a designer
What was David Hume's 4 criticisms of Paley's watch? 1. False analogy 2. Wouldn't prove judeo-christian God 3. The argument is anthropomorphic 4.the Epicurean hypothesis
Why is Paley's watch a false analogy? There are too many dissimilarities between the universe/the human body and a watch as one is natural and the other is of human design for here to be anything useful to be learnt, it would have been better for the comparison to be between an organic object such as a vegetable
Why wouldn't Paley's watch not demonstrate the existence of the Judeo-Christian God? The Judeo-Christian God is an 'omni' God, wouldn't that God create a perfect world?, it is more likely if this arguments proves any God then it would be a senile God, an apprentice God or a team of Gods. Why would God create the digger wasp or parmos
Why is Paley's watch anthropomorphic? It projects human characteristics onto things that don't have them, it is good for story telling, but not for acquiring knowledge
What is the Epicurean hypothesis? Given an infinite amount of time, anything is possible, anything that could happen will, a complex ordered universe is possible, ergo it is inevitable
What is another criticism of Paley's watch? Evolution, it is 'design' without a designer
What is the fine tuning argument? The universe is finely tuned to allow for the existence of life that it is unlikely to have happened by chance
What are the constants throughout the universe? Gravity, electromagnetism, strong and weak nuclear forces
What are the two types of fine tuning? Locational and foundational
What is a criticism of the fine tuning argument? You would have to demonstrate that the constants of the universe could be different, just because they are very precise doesn't mean they could have been different in a way that the universe couldn't have existed to allow life
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