The Numerous Implications of Intelligent Design

By: Noah Richardson

Intelligent Design

  • Argument for the existence of God
  • Correlation b/w certain features of the universe and humans = intelligent being
  • Uses telelogical arguments 
    • "telos", Greek for "goal" or "purpose

Design Argument

  • A exhibits X (some property)
  • X is evidence of intelligent design or purpose
  • The most reasonable explanation for why A exhibits X is because there was an intelligent designer that caused A to exhibit X

Aquinas' 5th Way

  • End directed system (Reason)
  • Humans lack true knowledge
  • Arrow (humans)
  • Archer (Intelligent Designer)

 

Charles Darwin

  • Origin of Species
  • Natural Selection
  • Disproof of intelligent being

Biological Information

  • 4 nucleotides represent information
  • Biochemical instructions
  • In the absence of sense perception, intuition comes into play

Watchmaker

  • Of value to the intelligent designer
  • Without everything working perfectly= no function= no purpose
  • Sense Perception

Darwin

  • Reproduction to multiplication to competition
  • Genetic variations=mutations
  • Simple to complex organisms
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