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Summary of the Teleological Argument of Design

A summary of 'The Teleological Argument' from the AQA AS and A-Level Religious Studies specification (7062/7061). Contains a five-page overview of Paley's teleological argument, arguments for and against this view (including philosophers Swinburne, Hume, and Dawkins), key quotes, and key things to ...

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1.

Who is the key philosopher who developed the design argument / the teleological argument of design?

Answer: William Paley

2.

Who is the main philosopher who argues against the teleological argument?

Answer: David Hume

3.

What is a key quote from Paley?

Answer: “Design must have had a designer. That designer must have been a person. That person is God”

4.

What is a key quote from Swinburne?

Answer: “the very success of science in showing us how deeply orderly the natural world is, provides strong grounds for believing there is an even deeper cause for that order”

5.

What is a key quote from Dawkins?

Answer: “biology is the study of complicated things that give the appearance of having been designed for a purpose”

6.

Who came first? David Hume or William Paley?

Answer: David Hume (remember this when writing your essays - Hume does not respond DIRECTLY to Paley, Hume merely argues against the concept of a design argument, not Paley\'s specifically)

7.

Is Paley\'s teleological argument a priori or a posteriori?

Answer: A posteriori

8.

What does a posteriori mean?

Answer: Knowledge is gained from experience and observation.

9.

How is Paley\'s teleological argument a posteriori?

Answer: He used knowledge gained from observation and experience. Paley’s observation of a pocketwatch and the universe lead him to the argument that God must exist as the designer of the universe.

10.

Is the design argument inductive or deductive?

Answer: Inductive

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