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Explore ideas about analogy in the Design Argument for the existence of
God
- Analogy = when you suggest that one thing has a likeness to another (a comparison)
- The Design Argument was coined
by Plato.
- Premises 1: The world contains order, regularity and beauty
- Premises 2: We may infer that an object containing these properties was designed
- Premises 3: The world contains these properties
- Conclusion: The world was designed; the designer is God.
- Conclusion: The world was designed; the designer is God.
- Premises 3: The world contains these properties
- Premises 2: We may infer that an object containing these properties was designed
- Premises 1: The world contains order, regularity and beauty
- The Design Argument is an
a posteriori argument: it is
based on our experience of
the world around us
- It is also an inductive argument: the premises are true but
the conclusion can be argued with. Many philosophers argue
that the conclusion is a huge leap from the premises.
- It is also an inductive argument: the premises are true but
the conclusion can be argued with. Many philosophers argue
that the conclusion is a huge leap from the premises.
- Analogy for the Design Argument: William Paley's Watchmaker analogy.
- If we found a watch on a heath we would assume
it has a designer because it contains a purpose and
regularity. The same can be said for nature.
- Nature displays purpose (e.g. birds have
wings in order to fly) and regularity (e.g.
planets orbit in regular motion). These
attributes are suggestive of a designer.
- We can therefore infer that, like a watch,
the world was designed. This designer must
be God as He is the only entity that contains
omniscient (all-knowing) and omni-potent
(all-powerful) attributes needed in order to
create the world/universe.
- We can therefore infer that, like a watch,
the world was designed. This designer must
be God as He is the only entity that contains
omniscient (all-knowing) and omni-potent
(all-powerful) attributes needed in order to
create the world/universe.
- Nature displays purpose (e.g. birds have
wings in order to fly) and regularity (e.g.
planets orbit in regular motion). These
attributes are suggestive of a designer.
- If we found a watch on a heath we would assume
it has a designer because it contains a purpose and
regularity. The same can be said for nature.
- Thomas Aquinas' Archer Analogy:
"Surely an arrow flying through the sky
has a purpose from the person who
fired it."
- The same can be said for the universe.
- The same can be said for the universe.
- Also known as the Teleological Argument
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