Watchmaker analogy
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The watchmaker analogy or watchmaker argument is a teleological argument, an argument for the existence of God. In broad terms, the watchmaker analogy states that just as it is readily observed that a
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The Blind Watchmaker
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The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe without Design is a popular science book by Richard Dawkins. It explains how the cumulative, nonrandom process of natural selecti
Watchmaker analogy
…selection, and there was renewed interest in the watchmaker argument. Evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins referred to the analogy in his 1986 book The Blind Watchmaker when explaining the mechanism of evolution. Others, however, consider the watchmaker analogy to be compatible with evolutionary creation, opining that…
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