Philosophy / Unit 3 Philosophy 0110 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Design Argument
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The idea
The design argument: nature shows intricate order and purpose, like a made object; the best explanation of such order is an intelligent designer.
In practice
Paley's watch: finding a watch on a heath, no one concludes it assembled itself. The eye, he argued, outclasses the watch.
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