The Teleological and Kalam Cosmological Arguments Revisited
A prominent issue in many contemporary philosophy of religion debates concerns whether the universe has a Designer. This book moves the discussion ahead in a significant way by devising an original deductive formulation of the Teleological Argument (TA) which demonstrates that the following are the...
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| description | A prominent issue in many contemporary philosophy of religion debates concerns whether the universe has a Designer. This book moves the discussion ahead in a significant way by devising an original deductive formulation of the Teleological Argument (TA) which demonstrates that the following are the only possible categories of hypotheses concerning fine-tuning and order: (i) chance, (ii) regularity, (iii) combinations of regularity and chance, (iv) uncaused, and (v) design. This book also demonstrates that there are essential features of each category such that, while the alternatives to design are unlikely, the Design Hypothesis is not, and that one can argue for design by exclusion without having to first assign a prior probability for design. By combining the TA with the Kalam Cosmological Argument (KCA) which it defends against various objections, this book responds to the God-of-the-gaps objection by demonstrating that the conclusion of the KCA-TA is not based on gaps which can be filled by further scientific progress, but follows from deduction and exclusion. This is an open access book. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-816842025-03-14T03:41:38Z The Teleological and Kalam Cosmological Arguments Revisited Loke, Andrew Ultimate Designer Cosmology Causation Fine-Tuning First Cause Laws of Nature A prominent issue in many contemporary philosophy of religion debates concerns whether the universe has a Designer. This book moves the discussion ahead in a significant way by devising an original deductive formulation of the Teleological Argument (TA) which demonstrates that the following are the only possible categories of hypotheses concerning fine-tuning and order: (i) chance, (ii) regularity, (iii) combinations of regularity and chance, (iv) uncaused, and (v) design. This book also demonstrates that there are essential features of each category such that, while the alternatives to design are unlikely, the Design Hypothesis is not, and that one can argue for design by exclusion without having to first assign a prior probability for design. By combining the TA with the Kalam Cosmological Argument (KCA) which it defends against various objections, this book responds to the God-of-the-gaps objection by demonstrating that the conclusion of the KCA-TA is not based on gaps which can be filled by further scientific progress, but follows from deduction and exclusion. This is an open access book. 2022-05-14T04:03:12Z 2022-05-14T04:03:12Z 2022-05-13T12:19:01Z 2022 book ONIX_20220513_9783030944032_20 OCN: 1314608899 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/54428 9783030944032 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/81684 eng Palgrave Frontiers in Philosophy of Religion open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/54428/1/978-3-030-94403-2.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/54428/1/978-3-030-94403-2.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/54428/1/978-3-030-94403-2.pdf Springer Nature Palgrave Macmillan 10.1007/978-3-030-94403-2 10.1007/978-3-030-94403-2 9fa3421d-f917-4153-b9ab-fc337c396b5a 9783030944032 Palgrave Macmillan 387 Cham open access |
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