argument from design

Noun

Meaning

argument from design (plural arguments from design)

(theology) A teleological argument.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

David Hume — comma On the other hand, Hume's sceptic, Philo, is not satisfied with the argument from design. Source: Internet

The notion of "thinking matter" is upheld and the " argument from design " discarded (following La Mettrie) as hollow and unconvincing. Source: Internet

Sedley (2007) agrees (page 86), and cites other recent commentators who agree, and argues in detail that the argument reported by Xenophon and Plato is "at any rate the antecedent" of the argument from design (page 213). Source: Internet

This frequently invoked the argument from design to explain complexity in nature as demonstrating the existence of God. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

argument argument for argument form argument from ignorance argument from illusion argument from silence