Intelligible design?

The Philosophers' Magazine 42 (42):93-95 (2008)
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The dissimilarities between human artefacts and the universe are striking. We experience only a tiny part of the universe, and much of that is unknown to us. Aren’t our inferences hopelessly anthropomorphic; why not compare the universe to a plant or animal instead?

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10.5840/tpm20084253

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