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The Philosopher's View
THE ARGUMENT FROM DESIGN
DAVID HUME
AUDIO 'Hume on design'
ARGUMENT FROM DESIGN
1- THE WORLD IS A COMPLEX STRUCTURE
THAT COULD BE COMPARABLE TO AN ARTEFACT
2- OUR EXPERIENCE
OF ARTEFACTS IS THAT
ITS PRODUCED BY INTELLIGENCE
3- LIKE EFFECTS, LIKE CAUSES
4- SO THE WORLD MUST HAVE A DESIGNER
OBJECTIONS
TO WHICH EXTENT THE EFFECT ('COMPLEXITY') IS LIKE AN ARTEFACT?
EGG IS COMPLEX,
BROUGHT BY CHICKEN,
BUT CHICKEN DIDN'T DESIGN
BROUGHT BY BIOLOGICAL
EVOLUT°, NOT INTEELIGENCE
"LIKE EFFECT, LIKE CAUSES" =
DOESN'T JUSTIFY ALL WE ATTRIBUTE TO GOD
(for ex benevolence)
THE WORLD MAY HAVE A CAUSE,
BUT NTHG SHOWS THIS CAUSE IS BENEVOLENT
ANALOGY OF DESIGN MEANS
THERE SHOULD BE SEVERAL DESIGNERS,
LIKE WITH PRODUCTS?
BUT RELIGIONS SAY ONE GOD
SET BOOK READING
Dialogues concerning natural
religion
- David Hume
CLEANTHES'
ARGUMENT
THE WORLD IS MADE IN
A WAY THAT RESEMBLES
HUMAN INTELLIGENCE
BUT IN MORE POWERFUL, p.393
SO THERE IS A GOD
AND IT IS SIMILAR
TO HUMAN INTELLIGENCE
HUME'S
OBJECTIONS
THIS IS A WEAK
ANALOGY, p.393
THE UNIVERSE DOESN'T
RESEMBLE A HUMAN ARTEFACT
CLEANTHES = IT DOES;
eg HUMAN LEGS / STAIRS, p.394
ALL HUMANS CAN IMAGINE
IS POTENTIALLY TRUE,
SO WHY CHOOSE 1?, p.394
ONLY EXPERIENCE
CAN SHOW TRUTH
WORLD ORDER ALONE CAN'T
PROVE DESIGN; WORLD COULD
CONTAIN SOURCE OF ORDER
WITHIN ITSELF, both possibilities allowed
CLEANTHES = MATERIALS FOR A
HOUSE DO NOT ARRANGE THEMSELVES;
NEED A HUMAN INTELLIGENCE TO
CREATE IDEA OF A HOUSE, p.394
EXPERIENCE PROVES ORDER
FROM A MIND, NOT MATTER
SIMILAR EFFECTS,
SIMILAR CAUSES
SO INTELLIGENCE
CREATES THE WORLD
YES, SIMILAR EFFECTS,
SIMILAR CAUSES, p.394
BUT UNLESS CASES /
CIRCUMSTANCES EXACTLY SIMILAR,
EXPERIENCE RESULTS NEED CAUTION;
NEED NEW EXPERIMENTS TO TEST NEW
CIRCUMSTANCES
INTELLIGENCE IS
JUST A PART OF THE WORLD
CAN IT BE TRANSFERRED
AS ITS ORIGIN? - disproportion
EVEN IF TAKE PART OF STHG
TO EXPLAIN ORIGIN OF THE WHOLE, p.395
WHY CHOOSING HUMAN
BRAIN / INTELLIGENCE?
WE ARE PARTIAL
WHEN SAYING IT RESEMBLES
HUMAN INTELLIGENCE
WE KNOW TOO LITTLE
OF THE COMPLEX WORLD
TO TRY AND EXPLAIN ITS ORIGIN, p.396
HUMAN REASON IS
IMPERFECT AND CANNOT
COMPREHEND THE WORLD
ITS TOO REMOTE
FROM OUR OBSERVAT°
WZ WOULD NEED
EXPERIENCE OF
WORLDS
