...design." The problem was appreciated well before Darwin. The theologian William Paley (1828) wrote: In crossing a heath, suppose I pitched my foot against...came to be there; I might possibly answer, that, for anything I knew to the contrary, it had lain there for ever: nor would it perhaps be very easy to show...

...theologian William Paley (1828) wrote: In crossing a heath, suppose I pitched my foot against astone, and were asked how the stone came to be there; I might possibly answer, that, for anything I knew to the contrary, it had lain there for ever: nor would it perhaps be very easy to show...

...science, including Isaac Newton. Here is a classic statement of the argument by William PALEY (§2): In crossing a heath, suppose I pitched my foot against...there, I might possibly answer that for any thing I know to the contrary, it had lain there for ever: nor would it perhaps be very easy to show the absurdity...

...Paley thus invites the direct participation of the reader. His often-cited opening sentence begins: 'In crossing a heath, suppose I pitched my foot against...the stone came to be there; I might possibly answer . . .'. The encounter with a stone, then a watch, trades on the shared experience of stones and watches...

...known story of a person finding a watch on a lonely heath." He says: In crossing a heath, suppose 1 pitched my foot against a stone , and were asked how...any thing I knew to the contrary, it had lain there for ever . . . But suppose I had found a watch upon the ground, and it should be enquired how the watch...

...teleological argument was proposed in 1802 by the Archdeacon of Carlisle, William Paley. Here are his words. In crossing a heath, suppose I pitched my foot against a stone, and were asked how this stone came to be there, I might possibly answer that, for anything I knew to the contrary, it...

...objects suggest a surrealist landscape. In crossing a heath, suppose I pitched my foot against a sttme, and were asked how the stone came to be there, I might possibly answer that, lor anything I knew to the contrary, it had lain there for ever; nor would it. perhaps, be very easy...

...was the image of the Watchmaker offered by William Paley (1743-1805). The argument runs as follows: In crossing a heath, suppose I pitched my foot against...came to be there; I might possibly answer, that, for anything I knew to the contrary, it had lain there forever: nor would it perhaps be very easy to show...

...defence of the design argument? SOURCES: THE DESIGN ARGUMENT I PALEY: THE WATCH AND THE WATCHMAKER1 In crossing a heath, suppose I pitched my foot against...came to be there, I might possibly answer, that, for anything I knew to the contrary, it had lain there forever: nor would it perhaps be very easy to show...

...SOURCES: THE DESIGN ARGUMENT I PALEY:THE WATCH AND THE WATCHMAKER1 In crossing a heath, suppose I pirched my foot against a stone, and were asked how the stone...came to be there, I might possibly answer, that, for anything I knew to the contrary, it had lain there forever: nor would it pethaps be very easy to show...