The Watch and Watchmaker | William Paley | *Philosophers, Explained* series by Stephen Hicks

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Who are the great philosophers, and what makes them great?

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.

Episodes: The full playlist.

About the Professor:

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., the University of Kasimir the Great in Poland, Oxford University’s Harris Manchester College in England, and Jagiellonian University in Poland.

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