Upload
krista-tetley
View
243
Download
4
Tags:
Embed Size (px)
Citation preview
THE DESIGNARGUMENT
DESIGN ARGUMENTDESIGN ARGUMENT
DESIGN ARGUMENTIGN ARGUMENTDESIGN ARGUMENTDESIGN ARGUMENTDESIGN ARGUMENT
DESIGN ARGUMENT
DESIGN ARGUMENDESIGN ARGUMENT
DESIGN ARGUMENTIGN ARGUMENTDESIGN ARGUDESIGN ARGDESIGN AR
DESIGN
KINDS OF DESIGNORDER
*THE UNIVERSE IS ARRANGED*
Quantitative sequences (orderly arrangements)
Regularities of spatial compresence
Regularities of temporal succession
KINDS OF DESIGNPURPOSEARRANGEMENT REFLECTS A PLAN OF THE
DESIGNER
Biological vs. Nonbiological
e.g. body functions, eyes, etc. = biological
e.g. freezing point of water, answer to prayer =
nonbiological
KINDS OF DESIGNSIMPLICITYTHE UNIVERSE IS A RESULT OF A
SINGLE, RATIONAL, EFFICIENT MIND
The Grand Unified Theory = one simple theory which unifies forces
e.g. an apple falling and the galaxy rotating all because of the Law of Gravity
KINDS OF DESIGNCOMPLEXITYTHE UNIVERSE IS COMPLEX
Simple unity with complex diversity shows great design
EXAMPLES:
Snowflakes
Organic compounds and DNA
KINDS OF DESIGNBEAUTYBEAUTY POINTS TO A GRAND ARTIST
BEAUTY IN MATH POINTS TO A GRAND MIND
The world demonstrates objective beauty (e.g. sunsets)
Beauty is not necessarily connected with survival
This leads to a Creative Designer
KINDS OF DESIGNSENSE &COGNITIONWE CAN PERCEIVE AND THINK
ABOUT THE WORLD
Our senses did not evolve out of survival value
1. We don’t need to know truth from falsity to
survive
2. Senses we use to accurately think about our world go beyond what we need to survive
KINDS OF DESIGNINFORMATION
INFORMATION EXISTS OUT OF AND PRIOR TO THE ARRANGEMENT OF THE PARTS-MEANING EXISTS IN THE AUTHOR
High order, little information = snowflakes
High order, high information = living organisms, DNA
KINDS OF DESIGNCOSMICCONSTANTS*ANTHROPIC PRINCIPLE*
The universe unfolded with life in mind
CONSTANTS:1. 1:1million million chance the big bang expansion rate would be accurate
2. 0.1% accuracy in material of observable universe being evenly distributed
3. No life could be possible had all the forces in the world been slightly smaller or larger
4. 1: ten billion chance of balance of matter to anti-matter
5. Only on earth is life possible and probable
6. Formation of life from non-life is 1x 1040000 chance
KINDS OF DESIGNCOSMICCONSTANTSPROPER USE OF
DATA:Christians supposedly argue that…
-It is amazing that life is here and not somewhere
else
-It is amazing that factors necessary for life came
before us instead of something else
They are really saying…
-It is amazing that life came about at all
KINDS OF DESIGNCOSMICCONSTANTS
“It is hard to resist the impression that the present structure of the universe, apparently so sensitive to minor alteration in the numbers, has been rather carefully thought out ... the seemingly miraculous concurrence of [these] numerical values must remain the most compelling evidence for cosmic design.”
- theoretical physicist Paul Davies
FORMS OF THE DESIGN ARGUMENTSYNTHETIC A PRIORI ARGUMENT
This argument takes truths, and makes logical arguments from them
e.g. “meaning and information must come from a mind” = a statement, so…
If DNA has information and meaning, it must come from a mind
FORMS OF THE DESIGN ARGUMENTARGUMENT FROM ANALOGY
Argued by generalizations
e.g. = living organisms are like machines, machines are made by a mind, so…
organisms must be made by a mind
FORMS OF THE DESIGN ARGUMENTPROBABILITY ARGUMENTS
Possibility View: outcomes must be equally possible
Frequency View: Probability statements are essentially statistical summaries
Evidential View: Focuses on how, and to what extent evidence confirms a proposition
There needs to be a plan behind the formation of bodies
Presented by: