In Natural Theology, a book that Charles Darwin studied as a young man, the theologian William Paley pointed out that if you found a watch on a heath you’d naturally assume it had a designer.
Paley argued, that in a similar way, the human eye, a brilliant piece of biological machinery, must have had a designer too. But but does this prove the existence of a Divine Watchmaker?
Narrated by Gillian Anderson. Scripted by Nigel Warburton.
From the BBC Radio 4 series about life's big questions - A History of Ideas. [ Ссылка ]
This project is from the BBC in partnership with The Open University, the animations were created by Cognitive.
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