 | Hubert J. Richards - Religion - 2000 - 134 pages
...different parts had been differently shaped from what they are, or placed after any other manner . . . either no motion at all would have been carried on...would have answered the use that is now served by it. . . . This mechanism being observed . . . the inference, we think, is inevitable, that the To point... | |
 | P. J. Clarke - Religion - 2001 - 216 pages
...from what they are, if a different size from what they are, or placed after any other manner, or in any other order than that in which they are placed,...would have answered the use that is now served by it. William Paley The Enlightenment critique of natural theology Criticisms of Kant (1724-1804) lmmanuel... | |
 | Michael F. Palmer - Cosmology - 2001 - 388 pages
...from what they are, of a different size from what they are, or placed after any other manner, or in any other order, than that in which they are placed,...would have answered the use that is now served by it. ... This mechanism being observed . . . the inference, we think, is inevitable; that the watch must... | |
 | Michael F. Palmer - Cosmology - 2001 - 388 pages
...from what they are, of a different size from what they are, or placed after any other manner, or in any other order, than that in which they are placed, either no motion at all would have been cartied on in the machine, or none which would have answered the use that is now served by it. ...... | |
 | Michael Shermer - Science - 2002 - 448 pages
...from what they are, of a different size from what they are, or placed after any other manner, or in any other order, than that in which they are placed,...would have answered the use that is now served by it." This is a probability argument for complex designs, where the more complex the object the less likely... | |
 | André Ariew, Robert Cummins, Mark Perlman - Biology - 2002 - 472 pages
...from what they are, of a different size from what they are, or placed after any other manner, or in any other order, than that in which they are placed,...would have answered the use that is now served by it. (Paley 1828:5) Paley infers purpose in the watch's intricate composition. This purpose is the rational... | |
 | Anne Jordan, Neil Lockyer, Edwin Tate - Juvenile Nonfiction - 2002 - 246 pages
...different parts had been differendy shaped from what they are, or placed after any other manner or in any other order than that in which they are placed,...would have answered the use that is now served by it ... William Paley, Natural Theology, 1802 The first part of Paley's argument was design qua purpose.... | |
 | Michael Ruse - History - 2003 - 392 pages
...different parts had been shaped different from what they are, or placed after any other manner or in any other order than that in which they are placed,...would have answered the use that is now served by it. A watch implies a watchmaker. Likewise, the adaptations of the living world imply an adaptation maker,... | |
 | Alister E. McGrath - Religion - 2001 - 354 pages
...different parts had been differently shaped from what they are, or placed after any other manner or in any other order than that in which they are placed,...would have answered the use that is now served by it. Paley then offers a detailed description of the watch, noting in particular its container, coiled cylindrical... | |
 | William A. Dembski, Michael Ruse - Science - 2004 - 430 pages
...different parts had been differently shaped from what they are, or placed after any other manner or in any other order than that in which they are placed,...have answered the use that is now served by it."' The strength of the argument against chance derives, Paley tells us, from what he calls "relation,"... | |
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... a different size from what they are, or placed after any other manner, or in any other order, than that in which they are placed, either no motion at all would have been carried on in the machine, or none which would have answered the use that is... 
