Noun
teleological argument (plural teleological arguments)
(philosophy, theology) A type of argument for the existence of God, stating that orderliness of nature is evidence of design, therefore also of a designer.
Galen's connection of the teleological argument to discussions about the complexity of living things, and his insistence that this is possible for a practical scientist, foreshadows some aspects of modern uses of the teleological argument. Source: Internet
Also starting already in classical Greece, two approaches to the teleological argument developed, distinguished by their understanding of whether the natural order was literally created or not. Source: Internet
He paraphrases St.Thomas' teleological argument as follows: “Things in the world, especially living things, look as though they have been designed. Source: Internet
In terms of a teleological argument, the intuition in relation to a fine-tuned universe would be that God must have been responsible, if achieving such perfect conditions is so improbable. Source: Internet
Later, the teleological argument was accepted by Saint Thomas Aquinas and included as the fifth of his " Five Ways " of proving the existence of God. Source: Internet
Leshem, A., Newton on Mathematics and Spiritual Purity, Springer, 2003, p. 20. The German philosopher Gottfried Leibniz disagreed with Newton's view of design in the teleological argument. Source: Internet