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    1.) Cells are complex and incredible structures that through series of reactions can create cellular energy‚ reproduce genetic material and eliminate waste products.  Eukaryotic cells are more complex than prokaryotic cells and it is believed that they evolved from prokaryotes.  What are 3 major characteristics that distinguish eukaryotes from prokaryotes?  Choose 2 pieces of evidence (that we learned about in class) and explain how they support the theory that eukaryotes evolved from prokaryotes

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    fitting the bill. The majority of United States citizens wonder what the wall will look like‚ and how it can be constructed so immigrants are not able to jump over it. The New York Times article titled‚ “Trump Cites Israel’s ‘Wall’ as Model. The Analogy Is Iffy” takes a look into the president’s recent citation of Israel’s wall as a model for the wall that he would like to build in the United States.

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    Watch and the Watchmaker” and Hume’s “The Critique of the Teleological Argument”. Paley’s analogy came about from the concept of a stone. He encountered this stone during his walk and wondered how it came about (Paley‚ 1802‚ 196). He applies the idea that since a designer must have created this stone‚ this designer must have created other things just like how a watch is created by a watchmaker. His analogy for a watch and its watch maker becomes his key argument because he argues is that you cannot

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    planets – as they do not have the capacity or intelligence to do this. Therefore‚ someone with intelligence must have put them in order‚ which would be God. Additionally‚ William Paley’s analogy of the watchmaker states that the order evident in the universe demands an explanation. The watch serves as an analogy for the world as it demonstrates design and purpose‚ hence the argument is one of design qua purpose. All parts of the watch work together to fulfill a function‚ which is to tell the time

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    Greavu 1 John Greavu Mark Herr PHIL 1002 15 October 2012 Evaluation of the Teleological Argument The teleological argument argues that the universe must have had a designer‚ therefore implying the existence of a Supreme Being. This argument strongly relies on observations of the apparent design and orderly complexity within the universe that has existed long before humans inhabited and affected it. Everything is here for a reason‚ and everything has a purpose. From these main points‚ the teleological

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    be familiar with to persuade the audience. Another aspect of the Teleological argument is to use analogies that would make the theory easier for the audience to understand. Paley’s design argument is a powerful argument that helps defend the idea that a creator does exist and that the universe was made by this creator. The Teleological argument is explained‚ by Paley‚ using a wrist watch as an analogy to the universe. He states that if a person was walking through a meadow and happened upon a rock

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    necessitate the conclusion. One key feature of the design argument is the fact that it uses analogies in order to support and prove its conclusions. In all versions of the design argument the main idea is that because the world shows purpose god must exist‚ most philosophers who talk about the design argument use analogies in order to explain this idea. William Paley uses the watch and watch maker analogy in order to show this. Paley said that if we found a watch on a heath‚ we would assume that

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    “With such signs of forethought in the design of living creature‚ can you doubt they are the work of choice or design?” (Socrates). The word ‘Telos’ is Greek for purpose. The Teleological argument thus argues that the universe is being directed towards a telos‚ an end purpose‚ and the posteriori evidence of an apparent intelligent design in the world. A posteriori argument is based on observations and/or experiences. Furthermore‚ the teleological argument is based on the character of the world and

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    The Teleological Argument By Zenny Saheel Metaphysics is the branch of philosophy which studies the nature of “being”. The search for the existence of God has been questioned many a time and astounded many philosophers and scientists alike. By looking at certain arguments for the existence of God we are not only attempting to see if God exists but what God is like. Omniscient (All seeing)‚ omnipresent (Present everywhere)‚ omnipotent (All powerful)‚ Benevolent (Good) and Eternal (Always Existed)

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    "Some intelligent being exists by whom all natural things are directed to their end: and this being we call God" Aquinas‚ Summa Theologica. The teleological argument is the design argument for the existence of God. This argument is an a posteriori argument. It is based on observations of the apparent order in the universe and the natural world‚ to conclude that it is not the result of mere chance but of design. The evidence from design points to a designer and the argument concludes that the designer

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