Knowledge, Reality, and Value: Huemer’s Response, Part 3

Bryan’s Comments

“BC” indicates Bryan’s comments; “MH” is me (from the book).

1. Argument from Design

MH:     Even if you’d never seen a watch before, you would immediately know that this thing had to have been designed by someone. It’s too intricately ordered to have just happened.

BC:      The reason why we infer a watch-maker from a watch is not that the watch is “intricately ordered,” but that we have independent reason to believe that watches are not naturally occurring.

The “even if you’d ...