teleological argument

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teleological
adjective
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/ˌtiː.li.əˈlɒdʒ.ɪ.kəl/us
/ˌtiː.li.əˈlɑː.dʒɪ.kəl/
(in philosophy) involving the belief that everything has a purpose ...
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argument
noun[C or U]
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/ˈɑːɡ.jə.mənt/us
/ˈɑːrɡ.jə.mənt/
a disagreement, or the process ...
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Theteleologicalargumentappealed directly to the vast improbability of order coming into existence by chance.
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He did not agree with modern critics of theteleologicalargumenteither.
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There have been numerous criticisms of the different versions of theteleologicalargument.
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The argument from design, theteleologicalargumentor argument from intelligent design, has been advanced in theology for centuries.
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When applied to the historical process, an historicalteleologicalargumentposits the result as the inevitable trajectory of a specific set of events.
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He proposed a version of theteleologicalargumentbased on the accumulation of the probabilities of each individual biological adaptation.
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Philo is not satisfied with theteleologicalargument, however.
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These include the traditional arguments, viz., the ontological, cosmological, and teleological arguments.
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Two relevant teleological arguments can be made on logical grounds.
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Darwin's theory of evolution challenges theteleologicalargumentby postulating an alternative explanation to that of an intelligent designernamely, evolution by natural selection.
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The five ways are: the argument of the unmoved mover, the argument of the first cause, the argument from contingency, the argument from degree, and theteleologicalargument.
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According to the analogical reasoning in theteleologicalargument, it would be ridiculous to assume that a complex object such as a watch came about through some random process.
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Dawkins considered the argument from improbability to be much more powerful than theteleologicalargument, or argument from design, although he sometimes implies the terms are used interchangeably.
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The teleological arguments still will be important to the extent that they can be seen as being consistent with the physiological mechanisms underlying capacity limits (or, better yet, motivating them).
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