Teleological Argument - CHANCE+NAT SELECTION Flashcards
Teleo Chance and Natural Selection - Intro
commonly prop S 😃 = gives some form of purpose to uni, giving uni meaning 🌎
TFORE challenge of chance= arg one of most POWERFUL criticisms used discredit
(attributing 🌎 purpose widely illog when considering blind nature moving in random ⤴️⤵️)
some attempt defend - anthropic+aesthetic Tennant
Despite pointing out aspects of 🌎well….
Teleo Chance and Natural Selection - P1
Paley- universe shows deisgn🧩
uses watch analogy to dem
conc- watch needs Wmaker, in same way order in uni presupp designer, NOT chance)
FOR EVERY INTRICATE ASPECT = equally faults🌋🕷🧟♂️☠️
so could NOT design by God of Class Theism (would suggest faulty designer, or mult)
Hume also presents high valid alt exp-Epic Hyp
CC: unsatisfactory, clearly ordered, Paley “concerned w signs of design not finished product!!!!! not important if stops working…”
CR: Paleys arg only strong as analogy
assumes nat world mechanistic- constrain nature⚙️
Hume 🌽🥦🥑🥒🥕
Epicurean Hypothesis?
universe way it is because of random changes that BROUGHT ABOUT ORDER
rather than DISORDER
NOT because anyone designed these changes!
Teleo Chance and Natural Selection - P2
ALT look to Aq teleo
5th way, archer analogy, intelligent being
👍🏻-inductive, starts w something we ob
😡- we cannot simply assume EVERYTHING follows law set by designer! poss to find design in EVERYTHING?
makes faulty leaps, ignores unpleasant place (Mill)
WORLD ISNT CREATED FOR HUMAN BENEFIT, fool selves🙄🙄
Teleo Chance and Natural Selection - P3
Tennant Anthro P refutes criticisms
explain anthro
tfore ABSURD to think an earth/uni as complex as ours 🌹through chance alone
HUME- wrong to look 👀 @ effects in world + make inferences abt cause
-was designed FOR, we adapted TO
Adams Puddle 🌨🌨🌨🌨
simply projecting order when not there. CHANCE put us here + WE PROJECT reason why minimally biophillic (tolerates life, doesnt encourage)
What is the Anthropic Principle?
cosmos is constructed for development of intelligent life, bc if conditions were ANY DIFF we wouldn’t be here!!!!!
Adams Puddle (criticism in P3 adding onto Hume)
imagine intelligent puddle wakes up…
notices how well hole fits him!
“must have been made for me!!” - wrongly concludes hole was made for puddle to fill 🚰🚰🚰🚰
We= like puddle, simply product of nature, not mod to fit/universe designed for us☄️💥
Teleo Chance and Natural Selection - P4
EVOLUTION PORTRAYS 🌎 WHERE SPECIES SURVIVE MORE BY CHANCE than design
-Darwin: simply chance, survival of F, creates illusion of design
TENNANT AESTHETIC P 🔮💣💀👽
cannot have come thru NS
many conc: life product of des creator, wanted to to appreciate his work!
NOT ALL BEAUTY POINTLESS AS THEORY SUGGESTS🌺🐝🐝🐝sustain life
Dawkins criticism- society, sublime if here/not
we would find world beautiful whatever, C+E confused 😍👹
What is the Aesthetic Principle?
human appreciate
art 🖼
music🎧🎼
etc
this is NOT NEC for mere survival!
not through NS!
creator wants us to appreciate work!
Dawkins criticism of aesthetic P
beauty is sub + created merely by society
NOT result of designer
“they are sublime if G IS THERE and sublime if HE IS NOT” do not prove ex of G, just prove existence of the arts and music
What do supporters of the Anthropic principle point to?
convenient facts about life on earth…..
goldilocks zone from sun!💇🏻not too hot or cold
ozone layer- reflects harmful UV rays
🌙 maintains rotation giving reg seasons
biophilic criticism??
our universe is only minimally biophillic!!
tolerates life doesn’t encourage it
surely a designer would create an optimally biophillic universe where life flourishes??🌸😁🌸😁🌸😁🌸😁🌸
