THEO 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: New Atheism, Intelligent Design, The God Delusion
14 Apr 2017
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William paley (1743-1805: english priest, publishes books, not an academic, responsible for watchmaker analogy a watch is very complicated, the gears are very specific, suggests intelligent design b. i. The complexity of the world implies intelligent design b. ii. Implies that all life was designed by god specifically as it is b. iii. This became problematic in england because it basically became accepted science. Charles darwin (1809-1882: probably agnostic himself, not trying to prove god"s existence or inexistence b. Fossil records show that some species go extinct, how could god design everything with a special purpose and then let it die out?) b. ii. Uneven geographical distribution of life based in biological factors things change based on environment b. iii. Parts of creation seem to serve no purpose, like evolution"s leftovers (ex. This idea scares nietzsche: father of nihilism nothing in life has inherent meaning, things have the meaning we give them d. i.
