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December 04, 2008 10:38 PM

Was David Hume the first philosopher to discuss the theory of Intelligent Design?

Was David Hume the first philosopher to specifically detail the argument from design (which I suppose we would now consider Intelligent Design)? Also, was Hume actually religious? Though I'm pretty sure he believed in God, much of his work was consistently skeptical.
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evan evan
 
 December 04, 2008 10:48 PM
Technically, you could trace origins of Intelligent Design all the way back to the ancient Greeks, as Plato discussed the concept (though obviously not yet called "Intelligent Design") in his writing called Timaeus.
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http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/plato-timaeus/



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carriep carriep
 
December 09, 2008 04:20 PM
A good summary of the modern debate and philosophy regarding Intelligent Design is found in the judgement from the Kitzmiller vs. Dover trial back in 2005.

http://www.pamd.uscourts.gov/kitzmiller/kitzmiller_342.pdf

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