PHLA10H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Analog Watch, Speciation
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Some things which have a function or which act for an end lack minds. Everything has a function but whatever lacks a mind must be designed by something with a. We nd a watch on the beach, has a dial and 2 hands that move, short hand runs with hour and long runs with minutes. 2 hypothessis: it was a chance object created by the waves acting on the sand or someone built that thing to perform the function of keeping time. Analogy depends on some similarity btw 2 things. Bad analogy: he had a handsome rugged look of a chipmunk (failure of similarity) Good analogy : atoms are like solar systems. An analogical argum. works by extrapolating from the analog to an unknown feature of the target. Analog - watch, target - universe and orgism. Analogy is only as good as the degree of similarity btw target and analog. Watch is not similar to universe or biological organism.
