07.02.09
History of design argument: public ignorance
Comment on Zogby: most Americans believe in ID
James said,
July 2, 2009 at 9:11 am ยท
They should also do another poll to determine the number of Americans who are aware that the argument from design was successfully torpedoed a while ago.
The point is absolutely clear: the ID group seems to be betting noone has heard of any of the history of the design argument
James said,
July 2, 2009 at 1:24 pm
…and I’m not referring to the crude attempt by Darwin.
nemo said,
July 2, 2009 at 1:46 pm
The design argument was well critiqued by Kant and Hume, well before Paley’s writings. In fact the whole question of the design argument has been confused by the works of Paley who comes later.