Noun
argument from design (plural arguments from design)
(theology) A teleological argument.
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