William Paley, quoted from a writing in his book Natural Theology: There cannot be design without a designer; contrivance without a contriver; order without choice; arrangement without anything capable of arranging; subservience and relation to a purpose without that which could intend a purpose; means suitable to an end, and executing their office in accomplishing that end without ever having been contemplated or the means accommodated to it. ... Paley is particularly famous for drawing an analogy from human watches. ... Arguments from analogies like Paley's Watch Argument don't go...

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Another philosopher whose teachings seem to correspond directly with the article is Paley. ... "Because a watch performs such a specific function and has a clear purpose, which is grasped by the human mind, Paley concludes that "the inference is inevitable; that the watch must have a maker."" ... So, using Paley's idea, there must be an atom maker. ...

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Another philosopher whose teachings seem to correspond directly with the article is Paley. ... "Because a watch performs such a specific function and has a clear purpose, which is grasped by the human mind, Paley concludes that "the inference...is inevitable; that the watch must have a maker."" ... So, using Paley's idea, there must be an atom maker. ...

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