Design Argument Flashcards
(4 cards)
1
Q
Paley: ‘every manifestation of…
A
… design, which existed in the watch, exists in the works of nature.’
2
Q
Hume: there could be a …
A
‘committee of gods’
3
Q
Paley: ‘several…
A
parts are framed and put together for a purpose’
4
Q
Hume: “The world is …
A
very faulty and imperfect, and was only the first rude essay of some infant deity who abandoned it”.
Criticism of Paleys design argument that concluded the existence of a theistic Christian God (could be non-moral - inferred from imperfect nature of observable world)
