The Watchmaker: my fav argument

[John 6IX Breezy]

Actually, no you did NOT give a description in that link. You gave some rather vague fluff that could not be used to actually dstinguish any particular case. In particular, you make a logical claim that if everything in the universe was designed, then everything in the universe *could* be designed. But you don't say how to definitively say when something *cannot* be designed. What, precisely, would be something that we could use to conclude design is impossible?

Apologies for missing this. 

I described design as representational; spatial rather than propositional; episodic rather than semantic; intentional rather than accidental; all of which can coordinate an "initiation of change" in the world (as one philosopher puts it). And I presented the "square circle" example to illustrate what does not qualify as design. I'm not sure how any of that was vague fluff?  

ps. In fact, I'm in danger of over-specifying what design is. For example, people often use the term design to describe processes (e.g. an experimental design). That's a problem for my definition. One solution (which I think is right) is to argue that design in this sense is not design, but rather a metaphorical extension. But another option is to broaden my definition to include temporal aspects (such as music) not just spatial.