1B Inductive Arguments: Teleological

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Teleological Argument

An argument that suggests the universe exhibits order, regularity, and purpose towards an end (telos), requiring an explanation of design.

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Designed Universe

The concept that a universe displaying order and regularity necessitates a designer, which is believed to be God in the teleological argument.

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Analogy of the Archer

Thomas Aquinas' analogy illustrating the idea of guiding intelligence and governance, where the archer (intelligence) directs the arrow (object without intelligence) towards its end purpose.

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Paley's Watch Analogy

William Paley's analogy using the complexity of a watch to argue for purposeful design in the universe, suggesting that just like a watch needs a watchmaker, the universe needs a designer, namely, God.

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Anthropic Argument

Frederick Tennant's teleological argument emphasizing the complexity and precise conditions necessary for life to flourish on Earth, suggesting the need for an ultimate intelligence like God.

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Aesthetic Argument

Tennant's teleological argument pointing out that human appreciation for beauty, literature, music, and art, which have no survival value, implies the existence of values beyond naturalistic explanations, leading to the evidence for God.

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Cumulative Value of Design Arguments

Richard Swinburne's perspective that while there are limits to design arguments, they hold cumulative value in supporting the existence of God.

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God of the Gaps

Criticism suggesting that teleological arguments may only serve to fill gaps in scientific knowledge with the concept of God.

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Key Quote Thomas Aquinas

‘Whatever lacks knowledge cannot move towards an end, unless it is directed by some being endowed with knowledge and intelligence.’

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Key Quote Lawson

‘Paley states that we could draw this conclusion even if we were unaware of the purpose of the watch; if the watch went wrong or even if we didn’t understand what some of the parts of the watch actually did.’

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Key Quote Swinburne

‘So either the orderliness of nature is where all explanation stops, or we must postulate an agent of such great power and knowledge…the simplest such agent …God.’

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Key Quote Tennant

‘The aesthetic argument for theism becomes more persuasive when it renounces all claims to proof and appeals to a logical probability.’

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