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17 February, 18:46

The Watchmaker analogy. (philosophy)

What do we infer from the complicated machinery involved in the watch? What is the relationship between the watch's telos and the watchmaker?

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  1. 17 February, 19:52
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    We infer the watch has a designer, the complicated machinery is designed by somebody ... the watchmaker. So much so that the Watchmaker is to watch as God is to universe.
  2. 17 February, 21:36
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    William Paley's teleological argument, the inference is that, as the complicated machinery of a watch proves that it has a designer, the watchmaker, the complexity of the universe proves that it must have been created by God.

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    He uses this analogy as evidence of God's existence, and if the watchmaker defines the purpose of his creation, likewise, it is God who defines humans' purpose (telos) in life.
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