Newton's Argument for Design

[Puck_Mendelssohn]

@Giltil

@Puck_Mendelssohn

Are you under the impression that this particular quote from Newton’s work has been empirically substantiated?

Yes, I am, for I see a strong kinship between Newton’s argument and the modern argument of the fine tuning of the universe.

That demonstrates, at least, that you have no idea what empirical substantiation is.

@Giltil

Basically, the argument states that the universe is ruled by a set of laws and that a law-ruled universe required a universal ruler.

Right. The naive “language tricks” argument where one uses the fact that “law” has different meanings in different contexts as a device for conflating those different meanings with one another. The problem, of course, is that verbal gimcrackery does not suffice to do things which only evidence can do.