Paley's watch

English

Etymology

Famously mentioned in a book by William Paley in 1802, though he was not the originator.

Proper noun

Paley's watch

  1. A hypothetical pocket watch found lying on a heath, taken to be too complex to be formed by natural forces and therefore created by some entity; used in arguments for the existence of a creator God.
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