Teleological arguments

•1). Things that lack intelligence, such as living organisms, have an end (a purpose)

•2). Things that lack intelligence cannot move towards their end unless they are directed by someone with knowledge and intelligence.

•3). For example, an arrow does not direct itself towards its target, but needs an archer to direct it.

•4). Conclusion: Therefore (by analogy) there must be some intelligent being that directs organisms to their purposes.

Cleanthes

Demea

Philo

Euthyphro

Aquinas' 5th way

Hume (Cleanthes') teleological argument

Paley's watchmaker analogy

Richard Swinburne's argument from temporal regularity

•i) the dissimilarity between machines and the universe

•ii) the suitability of a designer as the only or best explanation

•iii) the problem of special disorder

•iv). The universe is a unique case

A tree and a book.

A log and a carriage.

A stick and a map.

A stone and a watch.

The tomb of Tutankhamun

The Rosetta stone

The Antikythera fragment

The Chinese Terracotta army

The Epicurean Hypothesis

Evolution

Kant's distinction between architects and creators

'Existence is not a predicate'

'Pretty patterns'

'Harmonious harmonies'

'Intricate structures'

'Regularities of succession'

Goodness

Knowledge

Purpose

Truth

The fine-tuning argument

The Kalam argument

The moral argument

The argument from analogy