PHL101Y1 Study Guide - Final Guide: Spacetime, Heredity, Asteroid Family
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Local-focuses on the details, not the big picture. Find small evidence of intelligent creation which leads to obvious conclusion that other things must be intelligently created as well. P1: some natural objects resemble creations from intelligence that appear to have been designed for a purpose. P2: explanation for this appearance of design is that natural objects are creations of intelligent creator. P3: inference to the best explanation: hypothesis h is the only reasonable explanation, and is hence reasonable to believe h. C1: it is therefore reasonable to believe that an intelligent creator exists. C2: it is therefore reasonable to believe that god exists. Therefore, p2 is false, since there is another plausible theory/explanation. If we step away from our own narrow minded views, we see that the universe is much more complex than a watch or an eye. There are many complex, minute machines all perfectly adjusted with extreme accuracy. There has to be someone that made everything work.
