What Is Teleological/Design Argument

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WHAT IS TELEOLOGICAL/DESIGN ARGUMENT A teleological argument, or argument from design is an argument that the existence of order and direction in nature have a purpose and therefore prove the presence of creator. The word ‘teleological’ is derived from the Greek word telos, meaning ‘end’ or ‘purpose’. Teleology is the supposition that there is purpose or directive principle in the works and processes of nature. “Immanuel Kant called this argument the physico-theological proof”1 Socrates who lived between 469-399 BC argued that the adaptation of human parts to one another, such as the eyelids protecting the eyeballs, could have been done to chance and was a sign of wise planning in the universe.2 Plato posited a “demiurge” of supreme wisdom…show more content…
I can properly attribute its presence to chance, meaning that the operation of such natural forces as wind, rain, heat, frost and volcanic action. However, if I see a watch lying on the ground, I cannot reasonably account for it in similar way. A watch consists of a complex arrangement of wheels, log, axles, springs and balances, all operating accurately together to provide a regular measurement of the lapse of time. Paley’s adds certain comments that are important for his analogy between the watch and the world. First, it would not weaken our inference, if you had never seen a watch before (as we have never seen a world other than this one) and did not know from direct observation that watches are products of human intelligence, second, it would not invalidate our inference from the watch to the watchmaker if we found that the mechanism did not always work perfectly (as may appear to be the case with the mechanism of the world). We would still be obliged to postulate a watch maker. And third, our inference would not be undermined if there were parts of the machine whose function we are not able to

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