Design Argument

Design Argument

1. Design qua purpose

   • Analogy of the Pocketwatch
     • Know Pocketwatch was designed due to complexity and mechanical fucntion
       • Nature is similar
         • Photosynthesis, eye
         • Must be designed - God
     • Paley
   • Analogy of the Archer
     • Aquinas
       • 5th Way
     • Arrow requires archer to guide it
       • Inanimate objects cannot direct themselves
         • Seeds, planets etc
         • Must be directed - God
   • Anthropic Principle
     • Tennant
     • Evidence of universe supporting complex life
       • Ozone layer
         • Arthur Brown
       • World was designed to support life - God

2. Design qua regularity

   • Aesthetic Principle
     • Tennant
     • Evolution cannot explain concept of beauty
       • Must be desinged by loving God
   • Fine-tuning Argument
     • Swinburne
     • Universe is finely tuned to support life
       • Laws of Physics
       • Scinece cannot explain why these things exist
         • Only that they do
         • Too many conicidences for it to be chance
           • Designed by God
   • Laws of nature
     • Paley
     • Planetary alignment and Laws of Physics
       • Shows evidence of intelligent designer
         • Pattern shows there must be a designer - God

3. Criticisms

   • Darwin
     • Theory of Evolution
     • Apparent design comes from millions of years of evolution
       • We're adapted to the world - world is'nt adapted for us
   • Dawkins
     • Evolution creates "illusion of design"
       • Concept of beauty comes from cultural inheritance
         • Memes
   • Kant
     • Argument is based on experiance
       • No experiance of creation
         • Cannot claim it was created by God
   • Mill
     • Natural evil exist
       • Either God does not exist or
         • Or he is not Omni-benevolant/Omni-potent