Argument of Design

Argument of Design
David Hume
Intro to Philosophy
Katy Mason

The argument of design is one of the “proofs” for the existence of God. In its basic form, this argument infers from intelligent order and created beauty of the universe that there is an intelligent Designer and Creator of the universe. What are Hume’s ‘devastating’ arguments? In reality he does not really present arguments against the design argument but instead takes some of the key points to a logical conclusion to make them acceptable to the Christian believer.
Hume’s presentation of the design argument is spoken by Cleanthes in Part II of the dialogues:
The curious adapting of means to ends, throughout all nature, resembles exactly, through it much exceeds, the production of human co...