PHIL 101 Lecture Notes - Superintelligence, Likelihood Principle, Theistic Evolution
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Paley begins his famous argument with an analogy (watches). He notes how intricate and complex the parts of the watch are. O: a watch with complex and intricate parts is found on a heath. O: organisms have even more complex and intricate parts than watches. The only game in town fallacy reminds us that these two hypotheses are not the only possibilities, another could arise. This is not randomness as it is not a random result if one organism is favored by natural conditions than the other. P1: watches have intricate and are well suited to the task of measuring time. C1: hence, the watched was created by design. P2: organisms have complex and intricate parts just like watches and accomplish tasks which are even more impressive than measuring time: they are suited to survive and reproduce. H2 (a) separate creationist design: god -> life today (paley"s belief)
