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Schema 2 would not be vulnerable to the ills of analogy and would claim more than mere probability for its conclusion.

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1.Schema 2 is not analogically structured.
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2.Schema 2 is not inductive.
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1.Avoiding analogical structure does not eliminate epistemic vulnerability if the argument's premises themselves rest on analogical or inductive foundations.
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2.Schema 2's premises about causal or ontological dependence are typically derived from empirical observation, reintroducing inductive uncertainty at the foundational level.
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3.Hume's regress objection applies: any non-analogical cosmological argument must still justify its first principles, which cannot be done without circularity or induction.
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1.Kant argued in the Critique of Pure Reason that any a priori cosmological argument covertly smuggles in the ontological argument, which itself fails to establish necessity.
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2.If Schema 2 claims more than probability, it must be either analytic or synthetic a priori, but Kant's transcendental dialectic shows neither route yields sound theological conclusions.
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Avoiding analogical structure does not eliminate epistemic vulnerability if the ...Hume's regress objection applies: any non-analogical cosmological argument must ...If Schema 2 claims more than probability, it must be either analytic or syntheti...Kant argued in the Critique of Pure Reason that any a priori cosmological argume...

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Schema 2, not being analogically structured, would not be vulnerable to the ills of analogy, and not being inductive would claim more than mere probability for its conclusion.

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Schema 2, not being analogically structured, would not be vulnerable to the ills of analogy,[3] and not being inductive would claim more than mere probability for its conclusion. That is not accidental. Indeed, it has been argued that Paley was aware of Hume’s earlier attacks on analogical design arguments, and deliberately structured his argument to avoid the relevant pitfalls (Gillispie 1990, 214–229).

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Perspectives: 3 (1 for, 2 against)
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