PALEY'S iPOD: THE COGNITIVE BASIS OF THE DESIGN ARGUMENT WITHIN NATURAL THEOLOGY
Abstract. The argument from design stands as one of the most intuitively compelling arguments for the existence of a divine Creator. Yet, for many scientists and philosophers, Hume's critique and Darwin's theory of natural selection have definitely undermined the idea that we can draw any...
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Year: 2010, Volume: 45, Issue: 3, Pages: 665-684 |
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argument from design
B Intelligent design B cognitive biases B probabilistic inference B teleological reasoning B inference to the best explanation B Natural Theology B design stance |
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