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Willam Paley's Version of the Teleological Argument Edward Cohen Teleological comes from the word telos meaning 'end' or 'purpose.' It infers the existence of God from a specific aspect or character of the world, mostly the presence of order, purpose and regularity. These are seen as marks of design, and the argument concludes it must be God who was the source of creation. Evidence used makes it an a posteriori argument, meaning it is based on observation. The argument has two parts, design qua regularity and design qua purpose, qua meaning 'as relating to.' A prominent philosopher advocating the "design argument" is Willam Paley. Before looking in detail at the various types of the argument, it is important to establish the basics of the design argument for the existence of God. It states that; the universe has order, purpose and regularity, the complexity of the universe shows evidence of design, such...

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