Which best expresses Hume's view of the argument from design (teleology)? :

 

A. It is not true in fact to say that all animals are adopted. B. If an animal wasn't well-adapted to its environment it wouldn't be there to be inspected.    
C. Animals and plants get to be adapted to their environment through evolution - no need to invoke God. D. Animals and plants are no more adapted to their environment than watches.    
       

B, surely.

C is wrong because the theory of evolution through natural selection is only propounded later (by Darwin and Wallace)

D is weird; A is worse.

 

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