Throughout the essay the term 'design' certainly does appear numerous times. Given that shift in meaning that has occurred between Paley's time and ours, and presuming that you wish to communicate with precision to your audience, your usage of the Paleyan meaning must be clearly and candidly spelled out. If I try to infer the answer to my original question from your essay, here is what I come up with. Please correct me where my first reading fails to do justice to what your wrote with care. Design' is an act performed by an 'intelligent agent.' 2.
Intelligent agents act by making a choice.
Design' includes the idea that the agent acts with intention and purpose. It requires a consideration of teleology. Designed' stands in contrast to such terms as 'undesigned,' 'accidental,' etc. So far we have much in common. In this arena it becomes more evident that your unstated, but nonetheless operative, definition of 'design' raises questions for me.