Paley’s Teleological Argument This paper will examine the argument put forward by William Paley in 1802, in his Natural Theology. Paley offers an argument from design that purports to show a clear and distinct reason why one should hold a belief in God, due to the inherent features of the world. It is attempted in this paper to firstly: show that the argument should be rejected on the grounds of lacking a rationally flowing set …showed first 75 words of 2602 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2602 total…the teleological argument is doomed to failure, unless some more concrete empirical evidence is discovered that would perhaps strengthen the inference, for there seems no reason for one to accept God as the intelligent designer, even if one accepts there is a divine designer. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** Paley, W. “Natural Theology”, Chapters I and II, 1802 Hume, D. “Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion”, 1779 Dawkins, R. “The Blind Watchmaker”, 1986 Sober, E. “Creationism”, 1993 Leslie, J. “The Evidence of Fine Tuning”, 1989