David Stove – Uncommon Descent

Did the argument for design in nature suffer a fatal blow from David Hume?

A friend writes to remind us that agnostic Australian philosopher David Stove, author of Darwinian Fairytales, did not think so.

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William J Murray EDTA: I just wanted to add, there are personal experiments one can conduct under IRT (formerly MRT) in order to... – Coyne Believes a Version of "Turtles...
William J Murray Marfin @109 said: WJM- Sorry last post reads like I am under them influence. The point I was trying to... – Coyne Believes a Version of "Turtles...
William J Murray Seversky @99 asks a couple of the best questions about IRT (formerly MRT) I've ever come across. The first is... – Coyne Believes a Version of "Turtles...
Marfin WJM- Sorry last post reads like I am under them influence. The point I was trying to make is that... – Coyne Believes a Version of "Turtles...
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Viola Lee ET writes, "Viola and JVL are talking about one thing and the rest are talking about something else." Yes, this... – Coyne Believes a Version of "Turtles...
Karen McMannus We can count units of time from a point in time. In order for infinite past to have meaning, you'd... – Coyne Believes a Version of "Turtles...
William J Murray EDTA said: What I need is direct, personal evidence that only MRT could explain. That would be sufficient motivation to... – Coyne Believes a Version of "Turtles...
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ET The similarities are due to a common design and the differences are due to different design requirements required for differing... – Common Descent, Common Design, and ID
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Viola Lee I can assure you Viola Lee is a full-grown adult. – Coyne Believes a Version of "Turtles...