Aquinas' Design Argument

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GCSE Religious Studies Mind Map on Aquinas' Design Argument, created by Emily Carter on 10/12/2016.
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Mind Map by Emily Carter, updated more than 1 year ago
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Aquinas' Design Argument
  1. INDUCTIVE
    1. a posteriori
      1. based on probability
        1. formed from previous experience
          1. not the only logical conclusion
          2. ARGUMENT TO DESIGN
            1. design qua purpose
              1. aquinas' 5th way to prove God
                1. also known as the teleological argument
                2. GUIDING HAND
                  1. if we were to look at a bow and arrow, we would see it working towards a purpose and know that somebody must have set it off working towards the purpose
                    1. everything in the world seems to be working towards a purpose
                      1. There must be a guiding hand setting everything off towards its target: this guiding hand is God
                      2. AQUINAS
                        1. italian dominican friar
                          1. 13th century
                            1. summa theologica
                              1. "to one who has faith, no explanation is necessary... to one without faith, no explanation is possible"
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