William Paley | The Watch and Watchmaker | Philosophers Explained | Stephen Hicks

Philosophers, Explained covers major philosophers and texts, especially the great classics. In each episode, Professor Hicks discusses an important work, doing a close reading that lasts 40 minutes to an hour.

In this episode, Dr. Hicks discusses William Paley's 1802 work, Natural Theology, and its famous argument from design a version of the teleological argument, for the existence of God.

William Paley (1743-1805) was an English priest and philosopher.

Timestamps:

00:54 The text
01:45 A word on the title
04:36 Where does the stone come from?
05:41 Suppose, I find a watch
09:35 The watch was clearly made
10:39 Some may object to my conclusion
22:43 Suppose the watch can reproduce itself
25:10 The watch and the Universe: Evidence of Design
31:11 Darwin on Paley


Stephen R. C. Hicks, Ph.D., is Professor of Philosophy at Rockford University, USA, and has had visiting positions at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., University of Kasimir the Great in Poland, Oxford University’s Harris Manchester College in England, and Jagiellonian University in Poland.

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