To explain Paley's analogy one must think of the universe as a watch. ... David Hume's "The Argument from Design" can be considered to back Paley's watchmaker/watch analogy. ... There are also objections to Paley's argument that Paley responds to in an attempt to back up his argument. ... Considering Paley's analogy, we know that for a fact a watch needs a watchmaker in order to be made. ... Using Paley's watch analogy we can say that the watch is such a complex object that it had to be put together. ...

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There are several different versions of the design argument but some of the most famous are: Aquinas's Summa Theologica and Paley's Natural theology. Paley's argument, in the early 19th century, became the best-known and most popular. ... One main argument against Paley is, if a watch is designed by a watchmaker and a human brain is designed by a perfect supreme being, who designed the perfect supreme being? Also, Paley's argument seems to crumble after reading Darwin's theory of evolution. ...

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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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William Paley put forward the most famous design argument in his book Natural Theology. ... In his book, Paley discusses many different examples of the suitability of the bodily structures of animals to the conditions of their life. ... A modern supporter of Paley, Arthur Brown gave the example of the ozone layer, how it has purpose to filter out ultraviolet rays in order to protect life, 'The ozone layer is proof of the designer's forethought'. ... Paley created the watch analogy. ... Paley argued that the mechanism of the universe could be compared to the mechanism of a ma...

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