PHLA10H3 Lecture 4: Week 4 Notes
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Lecture week 4 class 1 & tutorial notes. Aquinas everything living or not should be understood as teleological (goal-orientated) Problem: some mindless objects are goal orientated missiles. Two types of design arguments: global design. A global design argument cites some general feature of the whole universe and argues that this feature should be explained by the hypothesis that it is the product of intelligent design: local design. A local design argument focuses on more of the specific features of the universe and claims that the hypothesis that god exists is the best of the only plausible explanation of that fact. Object a and object t are similar to degree n. A high value of n means they are very similar. Way 1 conclusion there is a first cause of motion alter the 2nd premise -> any change in motion requires a cause an infinite chaing of causes is impossible.