Design Flashcards
0
Q
William Paley
A
1743-1805
1
Q
St Thomas Aquinas
A
1224-1274
2
Q
John Stuart Mill
A
1806-1872
3
Q
David Hume
A
1711-1776
4
Q
Charles Darwin
A
1809-1882
5
Q
Aquinas’ argument?
A
Arrow and archer analogy
6
Q
Paley’s argument
A
Watch analogy, qua purpose and regularity
7
Q
Paley’s counters
A
No experience = exhalts Could be laws = needs a lawmaker Could be natural = stupid Useless parts = complex Sometimes breaks = still designed
8
Q
Mill’s challenge
A
Nature is evil, does imprisonable things
9
Q
Hume’s challenge
A
No experience, reject the watch, gang of gods, first draft, natural evil
10
Q
Darwin’s challenge
A
Evolution did it, not god totally random
11
Q
Strengths
A
Evolution leaves room for god, Kingsley’s quote
12
Q
Weaknesses
A
Hume’s ideas, natural evil
