![]() ![]() Philo immediately raises an objection to this argument. ![]() Experience, therefore, proves, that there is an original principle of order in mind, not in matter.” But the ideas in a human mind, we see, by an unknown, inexplicable economy, arrange themselves so as to form the plan of a watch or house. Stone, and mortar, and wood, without an architect, never erect a house. “Throw several pieces of steel together, without shape or form they will never arrange themselves so as to compose a watch. Premise 2: All finely tuned machines are created by an intelligent designer.Ĭonclusion: The Universe is created by an intelligent designer. Premise 1: The Universe resembles a finely tuned machine. The “Argument from Design” can be presented in the following syllogism: This argument is now known as the “Argument from Design.” Cleanthes, on the other hand, claims that the nature of God is discoverable by examining the order and design of the Universe. Both Demea and Philo believe that we cannot understand the nature of God because it is beyond our capacity to do so. And Cleanthes represents the modern Theist. Philo represents the philosophical skeptic. There are three interlocutors in Hume’s Dialogues – Demea, Philo, and Cleanthes. In this video, we will explore Hume’s thoughts on whether God is intelligent and whether God is morally good. In the Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion, David Hume identifies what we can know about the nature of God. ![]()
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