The argument from design is generally considered the most important development in the philosophy of religion during the Age of Enlightenment. Please write an essay on Hume’s Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion in which you 1) explain why Newton’s theory of nature led logically to the emergence of the argument from design; 2) identify the starting point of the argument from design; 3) describe the various steps or stages of reasoning from the argument’s starting point to its conclusion; 4) discuss the implications or consequences of the argument from design as articulated by Philo and Demea (focus on Philo); and 5) briefly define deism, explain how it was connected to the argument from design, and then conclude by stating whether Hume was a deist.
