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Argument of design and fifth way of St. Thomas
Argument from design and St Thomas' fifth way: small similarities and big differences
seminar from group Science, Reason and Faith.
Santiago Collado. Pamplona, January 22, 2020
Santiago Collado González holds graduate Physical Sciences and a Ph.D. In addition to being Professor Philosophy of Nature at the Ecclesiastical School of Philosophy the University of Navarra, he teaches courses on science and faith at that university (“Issues in Science, Reason, and Faith” and “Dialogues Between Science and Faith”) and the subject “Issues in Science, Reason, and Faith” at the Higher Institute of Religious Sciences (ISCR). He actively conducts research on issues of science and faith and serves as Deputy Director group , Reason, and Faith group .
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It is relatively frequent, even in the scientific literature, that an identification is made between the so-called argument of design and the fifth way of St. Thomas. However, a careful reading of both reasoning sample tells us that there are enormous differences between them. subject It is true that they both start from the order present in nature, but in each case it is a question of a different order. In the same way, the two arguments differ in the subject of finality on which they are based, in the resource to the principle of causality and even in the conclusion they reach. Such differences allow us to say that the arguments are not at all comparable and can even be seen as opposites.