The design argument
This Element analyzes the various forms that design arguments for the existence of God can take, but the main focus is on two such arguments. The first concerns the complex adaptive features that organisms have. Creationists who advance this argument contend that evolution by natural selection canno...
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| Tipo de documento: | Recurso Electrónico Livro |
| Idioma: | Inglês |
| Serviço de pedido Subito: | Pedir agora. |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
2019
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| Em: | Ano: 2019 |
| Coletânea / Revista: | Cambridge elements. Elements in the philosophy of religion
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| Outras palavras-chave: | B
Theism
B Religião Philosophy B God ; Proof B God Proof B Religion ; Philosophy |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Print version: 9781108457422 |
| Resumo: | This Element analyzes the various forms that design arguments for the existence of God can take, but the main focus is on two such arguments. The first concerns the complex adaptive features that organisms have. Creationists who advance this argument contend that evolution by natural selection cannot be the right explanation. The second design argument - the argument from fine-tuning - begins with the fact that life could not exist in our universe if the constants found in the laws of physics had values that differed more than a little from their actual values. Since probability is the main analytical tool used, the book provides a primer on probability theory |
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| Descrição do item: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 11 Dec 2018) |
| ISBN: | 1108558062 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/9781108558068 |