Philosophy PHIL-P 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Teleological Argument, Intelligent Design, Anthropic Principle
22 Sep 2016
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Teleological argument organisms could have been created by chance evolution design. *the only argument for the existence of god that has a chance* (taken most seriously by philosophers) Evolution does not happen by itself in empty space. There needs to be energy sources, planets, and biological material. A difference in strength of 1/10^6 would have made life impossible. The amount of energy had to be very precise. If there had been even slightly more energy, universe would blast apart. If it had been slightly less, it would have collapsed on itself and created a black hole. A difference of strength of 1/10^40, would make stars impossible. All these odds, multiplied together, makes the likelihood of life happening even more. Fine tuning version of the teleological argument: the universe is ne tuned for life , the best explanation of this is intelligent design, the best explanation of a given observation is probably true, probably there was an intelligent design.
