Intelligent Design: Crash Course Philosophy #11

Last week we introduced Thomas Aquinas’s four cosmological arguments for the existence of god; today we introduce his fifth argument: the teleological argument, and the ensuing dialogue it initiated. -- Bokeh Spiral by Eric Wüstenhagen: https://www.flickr.com/photos/eriwst/2987739376 Gusano alambre (wireworms) by jacinta lluch valero: https://www.flickr.com/photos/70626035@N00/8817671329 Experimental by Peter Klashorst: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Baby_playing_with_yellow_paint._Work_by_Dutch_artist_Peter_Klashorst_entitled_"Experimental".jpg Flightless Cormorant by Mike Weston: https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeweston/331214460 All other images via Wikimedia Commons, licensed under Creative Commons by 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ -- Produced in collaboration with PBS Digital Studios: http://youtube.com/pbsdigitalstudios Help PBSDS win a Webby Award by voting here: https://pv.webbyawards.com/2016/online-film-video/video-channels-and-networks/science-education Crash Course Philosophy is sponsored by Squarespace. http://www.squarespace.com/crashcourse -- Want to find Crash Course elsewhere on the internet? Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/YouTubeCrashC Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/TheCrashCourse Tumblr - http://thecrashcourse.tumblr.com Support CrashCourse on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/crashcourse CC Kids: http://www.youtube.com/crashcoursekids