Inductive arguments - Paley's watchmaker (analogy of complex design)

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  • Created by: gemshort
  • Created on: 15-01-18 17:29

William Paley is widely credited with proposing the design argument in its modern form. His basic argument follows that, were we to discover a stone whilst out walking, we may enquire how it came to be, and through a consideration of natural events, come to a conclusion of how it was formed. However, if we were to discover a watch, we would not come to the same conclusions.

The very complexity of a watch's…

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