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Introduction
Do you think these graphics you see
have purpose?
.
Anthropic Principle
“The universe appears to have been
fine tuned for our existence.”
Fortuitous luck against tremendous odds.
Purposeful design of an intelligent Agent.
Right combination of cosmological values.
Hailed by Intelligent Design Theorists
Personal View on the Principle
Issue
“There is a Creator who specially
designed the Universe for His
Creations.”
Planned Creation
Designed to suit life
Made to support life
Scientific Pantheism Principle
“The universe exists for itself,
without cause or purpose.
Nothing existed before it.
Nothing exists outside.
No any purpose.
Cosmos is its own cause, purpose and
designer.
Personal View on the Principle
Issue
“Nothing (including the universe)
comes into existence without any
cause or purpose. ”
Nothing happens without a cause.
Thing can exist with a purpose
beyond human comprehension.
Something can exist outside a thing
as the source of its purpose.
Humanism Principle
“The universe exists for no purpose, life can
have a meaning if we assign a meaning to
life.”
Human has right and responsibility to give
meaning and shape to their own lives.
Assumption of fundamental human rights
Rights are inherent property of human
intelligence
Reason without religion.
Personal View on the Principle
Issue
“The universe exist and designed for a
purpose to provide residence.”
Life existence is attributed to the
universe.
There is always aim in life.
Life has a purpose.
Philosophy of Bertrand Russell
“Life in general has no purpose.”
Human life is objectively
meaningless.
Man is product of causes without
previsions of the end.
Individual human beings have
purposes.
Philosophy of Friedrich
Nietzsche
“Human existence in the universe does
not really have a purpose.”
Life has no intrinsic meaning or value.
All values as worthless and baseless.
No objective order or structure in the
world.
All reason is impotent.
Philosophy of David Hume
“God's ideas were no true explanation
of the material world, since a mental
world required a cause just as much
as any other.”
Showed how apparent design can arise
purely by chance in a universe of particles
in motion.
Some forms of order, once hit upon, would
support themselves for a very long time.
Animals which were not well ordered
perish.
Concluding Thoughts
Does universe has a purpose? Does life
has a purpose?
These questions got many answers but
till this moment, they remain big
questions. There are many principles
standing on different points. No
matter how much principles are
there, a loud and clear answer to
these questions remain hard to get.
References
Harrison, P. (March 28,1997). Pantheism. Retrieved September 16,
2008 from Principia Cybernatica Web:
http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/PANTHEISM.html
Humanism. Retrieved September 17, 2008 from
http://www.conservapedia.com/Humanism
Nihilism. Retrieved Septetmber 16, 2008 from Internet Encyclopedia
of Philosophy Website: http://www.iep.utm.edu/n/nihilism.htm
Russell, B. Freeman’s worship. Retrieved September 17, 2008 from
http://www.users.drew.edu/%7Ejlenz/fmw.html
What is the Anthropic Principle. Retrieved September 17, 2008 from
http://www.gotquestions.org/anthropic-principle.html