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The history of design arguments stretches back to before Aquinas, who claimed that things which lack intelligence nevertheless act for an end to achieve the best result. Although science has advanced to discredit this claim, it remains true that many biological systems display remarkable adaptations of means to ends. Versions of design arguments have persisted over the centuries and have culminated in theories that propose an intelligent designer of the universe. This volume is the only comprehensive survey of 2,000 years of debate, drawing on both historical and modern literature to identify, clarify and assess critically the many forms of design argument for the existence of God. It provides a neutral, informative account of the topic from antiquity to Darwin, and includes concise primers on probability and cosmology. It will be of great value to upper-level undergraduates and graduates in philosophy of religion, theology, and philosophy of science.

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Metaphysics --- Philosophy of science --- Teleology --- Finalité --- Design in natural phenomena, Study of --- Final cause --- Philosophy --- Causation --- Evolution --- Necessity (Philosophy) --- Teleology. --- Finalité

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Biology --- Teleology. --- History. --- Philosophy. --- Design in natural phenomena, Study of --- Final cause --- Philosophy --- Causation --- Evolution --- Necessity (Philosophy) --- Vitalism --- Philosophy of nature --- Philosophy of science --- Evolution. Phylogeny

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Philosophy of nature --- -Science --- -Teleology --- -Design in natural phenomena, Study of --- Final cause --- Philosophy --- Causation --- Evolution --- Necessity (Philosophy) --- Natural science --- Science of science --- Sciences --- Nature --- Nature, Philosophy of --- Natural theology --- Congresses --- -Congresses --- Science --- Teleology --- Design in natural phenomena, Study of --- Philosophy&delete& --- Natural sciences

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Philosophy of nature --- Metaphysics --- Causation --- Teleology --- Causalité --- Finalité --- Design in natural phenomena, Study of --- Final cause --- Philosophy --- Evolution --- Necessity (Philosophy) --- Causality --- Cause and effect --- Effect and cause --- Beginning --- God --- Causation. --- Teleology. --- Causalité --- Finalité