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    Premise (5) is not particularly controversial. — Carmelics
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    Premise (5) is not particularly controversial.

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    • 1.Crick's earlier warning to biologists would have been pointless were there no temptation toward design attributions.
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    • 2.Even Richard Dawkins, an implacable opponent of design arguments, characterized biology in terms that acknowledge the appearance of design.
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    • 1.Crick's warning targets a cognitive bias in scientists, not evidence that biology genuinely exhibits design properties.
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    • 2.The existence of a temptation toward error demonstrates human psychology, not facts about the external world being perceived.
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    • 1.Dawkins explicitly uses 'appearance of design' to mark a distinction between illusion and reality, as in 'The Blind Watchmaker' thesis.
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    • 2.Citing Dawkins as support for premise (5) conflates his rhetorical framing of Darwinism's explanatory target with an ontological concession about design.
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    Discussion of premise (5) and design arguments
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    First, how are we to assess the premises required by this schema? Premise (5), at least, is not particularly controversial even now. Crick’s earlier warning to biologists would have been pointless were there no temptation toward design attributions, and even as implacable a contemporary opponent of design arguments as Richard Dawkins characterized biology as:
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    Validity: The passage explicitly uses both Crick's warning and Dawkins's characterization as evidence that premise (5) is not particularly controversial, and the premises rationally support the conclusion by showing that even those opposed to design acknowledge the temptation or appearance of design.

    Confidence: The argument that premise (5) is uncontroversial is clearly supported by the two cited pieces of evidence. High confidence.

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