...at all. This mode, however, of stating the case does not do full justice to the evidence of Theism. The Design argument is not drawn from mere resemblances...random, but are particular instances of a circumstance v which experience shows to have a real connection with an intelligent origin, the fact of conspiring...

...it is alleged that the world resembles the works of man are not circumstances takenat random, bur. are particular instances of a circumstance which experience...it has its weight, but it is more than analogy. It surpasses analogy exactly as induction surpasses it. It is an inductive argument. This, I think, is...

...favour of creation by intelligence."* In reference to the true logical worth of this argument, he says : "The Design argument is not drawn from mere resemblances...particular instances of a circumstance which experience shews to have a real connection with an intelligent origin, the fact of conspiring to an end. The argument...

...of man are not circumstances taken at '/ \ random, but art- particular instances of a circumstance V which experience shows to have a real connection with,...it has its weight, but it is more than analogy. It surpasses analogy exactly as induction surpasses it. It is an inductive argument. This, I think, is...

...argument, " It surpasses analogy exactly as induction surpasses it," because " the instances chosen are particular instances of a circumstance which experience...intelligent origin — the fact of conspiring to an end." Experience shows us this, but it shows us more besides ; it shows us that there is no necessary or...

...argument, "It surpasses analogy exactly as induction surpasses it," because " the instances chosen are particular instances of a circumstance which experience...shows to have a real connection with an intelligent origin—the fact of conspiring to an end." Experience shows us this, but it shows us more besides;...

...remarks of Mr. Mill are as candid as they are clear and convincing : " The circumstances," he says, " in which it is alleged that the world resembles the...is not one of mere analogy. As mere analogy it has weight, but it in This is the outline of the reasoning adopted in our foregoing considerations, —...

...character of those resemblances. The circumstances in which it is alleged that the world resembles the work of man, are not circumstances taken at random, but...intelligent origin, the fact of conspiring to an end." Hence he terms it an inductive argument.2 , This confusion of opinion with regard to its meaning and...

...resemblances in nature to the works of human intelligence, but from the special character of these resemblances. The circumstances in which it is alleged...— the fact of conspiring to an end. The argument is not 1 En<*l. ed., p. 14fi. See Schmid, p. 106. * Encycl. Brit., vol. viii. p. 751. one, therefore,...

...resemblances in nature to the works of human intelligence, but from the special character of these resemblances. The circumstances in which it is alleged...random, but are particular instances of a circumstance whki.i experience shows to have a real connection with an intelligent origin, — the fact of conspiring...