[tĕĺē-ŏĺə-jē, tḗlē-]
(n.)The study of design or purpose in natural phenomena.
(n.)The use of ultimate purpose or design as a means of explaining…
(n.)Belief in or the perception of purposeful development toward an end,…
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Teleological argument - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A teleological argument , or argument from design , is an argument for the existence of God or a creator based on perceived evidence of order, purpose, design, or direction — or some combination o...
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Teleology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Teleology (Greek: telos : end, purpose) is the philosophical study of design and purpose. A teleological school of thought is one that holds all things to be designed for or directed toward a final...
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In the following discussion, major variant forms of teleological arguments will be distinguished and explored, traditional philosophical and other criticisms will be discussed, and the most prominent contemporary turns (cosmic fine tuning arguments, many-worlds theories, and the present Intelligent Design debate) will...
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Other forms of teleonaturalism regard the teleological aspects of biology as unique and ineliminable. One class of such views maintains that teleological claims in biology depend on natural values that apply to biological entities (such as what is good for an organism or species).
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the doctrine that final causes exist. ... the study of the evidences of design or purpose in nature. ... Teleological theory...
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The teleological argument (from the Greek telos meaning 'end' or 'purpose') is also known as the design argument and is based upon examination of the nature of the world. The main thrust of the argument is therefore that the world is too complex and well ordered to have been produced by chance or random change.
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The discovery during our generation of the so-called anthropic coincidences in the initial conditions of the universe has breathed new life into the teleological argument.
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The Teleological Argument is also known as the "argument from design." Quite simply, it states that a designer must exist since the universe and living things exhibit marks of design in their order, consistency, unity, and pattern.
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