10.23.09
Imperfect designs
Comment on Problem of Imperfect Design:
Quite apart from anything else, the reality of imperfect designs is no real argument against ‘designers’ (not that I am a believer in design arguments).
How many designs by ‘intelligent designers’ are perfect?
James said,
October 26, 2009 at 4:20 pm
I’m not really commenting on the issue of “design” as such. The main issue is the attempt by ID proponents to apply engineering terms to biological organisms in order to establish the rationality of some sort of designer and then claiming that the designer is really an artist to circumvent the problem of imperfect design. This isn’t really a problem if the “designer” is something like Schopenhauer’s “Will.”
Darwiniana » Abuse of design thinking vs Schopenhauer’s ‘Will’ said,
October 26, 2009 at 5:09 pm
[...] Comment on Imperfect Designs James said, October 26, 2009 at 4:20 pm · I’m not really commenting on the issue of “design” as such. The main issue is the attempt by ID proponents to apply engineering terms to biological organisms in order to establish the rationality of some sort of designer and then claiming that the designer is really an artist to circumvent the problem of imperfect design. This isn’t really a problem if the “designer” is something like Schopenhauer’s “Will.” [...]
Darwiniana » Design arguments vs Schopenhauer on the ‘will’ said,
October 27, 2009 at 1:31 pm
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