Teleological and Design Arguments

In A Companion to Philosophy of Religion (Second Edition). Wiley-Blackwell (2010)
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Design arguments make a case for the existence of God based on examples of apparent design or purposiveness in the natural world. Current versions of the argument proceed, not in terms of analogies between the universe and human artifacts, but as inductive arguments to the best explanation of the data. Theism is offered as the simplest hypothesis that can explain facts such as the mathematical elegance and intelligibility of the laws of the nature. The design argument has recently received new life from discoveries regarding the fine-tuning required for any universe capable of sustaining life

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