The Design Argument

Design Argument.

• Paley

• Aquinas

• Hume

Paley uses the analogy of...

• A rock

• An arrow

• A watch

We would think a watch was designed because...

• It works through chance.

• It is complex, ordered and has purpose.

• The parts of a watch have been put together randomly.

The Design Argument is...

• Inductive

• Deductive

Which theory?

• Cosmological

• Ontological

• Design

Paley's argument is a posteriori.

• True

• False

A posteriori means...

• a concept cannot be known.

• a concept is known on the basis of reasoning.

• a concept is known on the basis of experience.

• a concept is known through feeling.

An analogical argument...

• Compares two similar things to draw certain conclusions.

• Compares two dissimilar things to draw certain conclusions.

• Compares two similar things to draw probable conclusions.

• Compares two dissimilar things to draw probable conclusions.

What would happen if any part of the watch was not carefully designed?

• It wouldn't work.

• It would fulfill its purpose.

• Nothing.

Hume lived after Paley and criticised his analogy of the watch.

• True.

• False.