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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ARGUMENT FROM DESIGN

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Argument from design is a noun.
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WHAT DOES ARGUMENT FROM DESIGN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

argument from design

Teleological argument

A teleological or physico-theological argument, also known as an argument from design, is an argument for the existence of God or, more generally, for an intelligent creator "based on perceived evidence of deliberate design in the natural or physical world". The earliest version of this argument probably arose in Ancient Greece, and appeared as natural theology in England from the sixteenth century onwards in the writings of men such as William Turner, John Ray and William Paley. They often used the watchmaker analogy in making the argument. Teleology is today central to the creationist religious concepts of creation science and intelligent design, which are presented with the claim that these are alternative scientific explanations in opposition to evolution.

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WORDS THAT END LIKE ARGUMENT FROM DESIGN

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Synonyms and antonyms of argument from design in the English dictionary of synonyms

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TRANSLATION OF ARGUMENT FROM DESIGN

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Translator English - Chinese

从设计参数
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

argumento del diseño
570 millions of speakers

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argument from design
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

डिजाइन से तर्क
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

حجة التصميم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Аргумент от проектирования
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

argumento do design
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Translator English - Bengali

নকশা থেকে যুক্তি
260 millions of speakers

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argument de la conception
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Hujah daripada reka bentuk
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Design-Argument
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デザインから引数
130 millions of speakers

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디자인 에서 인수
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Argumen saka desain
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lập luận từ thiết kế
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வடிவமைப்பு இருந்து வாதம்
75 millions of speakers

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डिझाइन पासून वाद
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Tasarım tartışması
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argomento da disegno
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argument z projektu
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Аргумент від проектування
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argument de proiectare
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επιχείρημα από το σχεδιασμό
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Translator English - Afrikaans

argument van ontwerp
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Translator English - Swedish

Argumentet från design
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Translator English - Norwegian

argumentet fra design
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Trends of use of argument from design

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ARGUMENT FROM DESIGN»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about argument from design

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ARGUMENT FROM DESIGN»

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God and Design: The Teleological Argument and Modern Science
This book considers the ways in which perennial questions of origin continue to fascinate and disturb us.
Neil A. Manson, 2003
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The Book of God: Secularization and Design in the Romantic Era
"The Book of God manages to be at once ambitious, deliberate, and nuanced in its interconnecting conceptions of philosophy and literary criticism."--Orrin Wang, University of Maryland
Colin Jager, 2007
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Philosophical Problems and Arguments: An Introduction
The Argument from Design One of the most discussed arguments that has been used to justify a belief in the existence of God is the argument from design, or, as it is called, the Ideological argument. Although this argument is like those we ...
James W. Cornman, Keith Lehrer, George Sotiros Pappas, 1992
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The Big Questions: A Short Introduction to Philosophy
The British philosopher William Paley defended this argument, which is of— ten called the argument from design, by drawing the analogy between our finding a watch in a field, and assuming that some person must have been there, and our ...
Robert Solomon, Kathleen Higgins, 2013
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Adaptation
I begin by reviewing the argument from design in its classical and modern formulations. I then consider four reasons why we might be cautious about accepting an argument from design as prima facie evidence of the past action of selection in ...
Michael Robertson Rose, George V. Lauder, 1996
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Reason, Faith, and Tradition: Explorations in Catholic Theology
These scriptural statements are often referred to collectively as the "argument from design": if we see evidence of a plan or design in nature, this implies the existence of an intelligent planner or designer who is ultimately responsible for that ...
Martin C. Albl, 2009
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Readings in Philosophy of Religion: Ancient to Contemporary
Sometimes this is called 'the argument from design' but this, like a too literal construal of 'fine tuning', would be question begging. Years ago Norman Kemp Smith suggested that the argument should be called 'the argument to design'.1 ...
Linda Zagzebski, Timothy D. Miller, Timothy Miller, 2009
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David Hume: Critical Assessments
The object of this paper1 is to show that there are no valid formal objections to the argument from design, so long as the argument is articulated with sufficient care. In particular I wish to analyse Hume's attack on the argument in Dialogues ...
Stanley Tweyman, 1995
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Is God A Delusion: A Reply to Religion's Cultured Despisers
Dawkins is much better when he targets a different argument for God's existence, namely the argument from design (also called the teleological argument). Roughly, this argument says that the universe exhibits organized complexity that is ...
Eric Reitan, 2011
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Scepticism and Belief in Hume’s Dialogues Concerning Natural ...
Cleanthes effort is designed to show that the ideas we already have are sufficient to give us insight into the nature of God.) THE TWO VERSIONS OF THE ARGUMENT FROM DESIGN Cleanthes' version of the Argument from Design reads as ...
S. Tweyman, 1986

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ARGUMENT FROM DESIGN»

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How Darwin Haunts The Pope's Encyclical
This is getting close to the argument from design–but if there's a design, it's a violent one. And it entails a staggering level of suffering, both for ... «Forbes, Jun 15»
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Letter: Norm Shockley's 'My Word' welcome commentary
Most of us have heard or thought what is called the Argument from Design—something like: nature is so complex and beautiful that it must have ... «Eureka Times Standard, Jun 15»
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Why Does Time Exist?
There's something called the teleological argument or the argument from design for the existence of a supernatural creator that says that, you ... «WGBH NEWS, Jun 15»
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Sir Newton's Influence and Reputation
... what little dignity was still attached to the 'argument from design': the argument (so dear to 17th century scientists) that the evidence of design ... «Onislam.net, May 15»
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Why God Is a Moral Issue
Take one positive case for a moment, the “argument from design.” This is a pretty remarkable state of affairs that we have here — planets, suns, ... «New York Times, Mar 15»
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Amazing Grace: Or, How Humanism Might Save the World
... many others, put the last nail in the coffin of the last great argument for the existence of a supreme God, the so-called “argument from design. «Patheos, Mar 15»
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Jarred Cinman
The fine tuning argument is nothing more than a re-formulation of the old “argument from design” which was attractive up until Darwin ... «Daily Maverick, Feb 15»
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Looking at Science to Find God?
... an “argument from Design.” Metaxas uses inductive reasoning to point out that scientific data about the unique life-supporting characteristics ... «Patheos, Jan 15»
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Billy Collins on life, death and poetry
I arrive at that, as most people do, through the argument from design. Is it Spinoza who uses the image of the clock? That's a very mechanistic ... «Washington Post, Oct 14»
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Last Things: Cold Comfort in the Far Future
If intelligence can persist forever in principle, will this result be used in a new form of the Argument from Design? Conversely, if life cannot ... «Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, Oct 14»

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