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teleological argument
noun
, Metaphysics.
- the argument for the existence of God based on the assumption that order in the universe implies an orderer and cannot be a natural feature of the universe.
teleological argument
noun
- philosophy the argument purporting to prove the existence of God from empirical facts, the premise being that the universe shows evidence of order and hence design Also calledargument from design Compare ontological argument cosmological argument
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Yet in spite of all this Philo uses quite an elaborate teleological argument drawn from the order in the world.
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But the teleological argument is that which has been most popular in England.
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Thus the teleological argument must be pronounced fallacious.
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The teleological argument Leibniz invariably, I believe, presents in connection with the idea of pre-established harmony.
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The physico-theological or teleological argument is what is often styled the argument from design.
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