Argument
Watchmaker analogy
Overview
teleological argument which states that a design implies a designer
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Philosophers who discussed Watchmaker analogy
Related ideas
- Analogy
- Epictetus
- Intelligent design
- Johannes Kepler
- Joseph Butler
- Plagiarism
- William Whewell
- Natural selection
- Natural theology
- Species
- Heliocentrism
- René Descartes
- Richard Dawkins
- Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District
- Scientific Revolution
- On the Origin of Species
- Problem of evil
- Theology
- Teleological argument
- Uniformitarianism
- Voltaire
- Omnibenevolence
- William Paley
- Mechanism (philosophy)
Place in the tradition
Part of British philosophy.