The Design Argument
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Author | : Elliott Sober |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 155 |
Release | : 2018-11-29 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1108643922 |
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This Element analyzes the various forms that design arguments for the existence of God can take, but the main focus is on two such arguments. The first concerns the complex adaptive features that organisms have. Creationists who advance this argument contend that evolution by natural selection cannot be the right explanation. The second design argument - the argument from fine-tuning - begins with the fact that life could not exist in our universe if the constants found in the laws of physics had values that differed more than a little from their actual values. Since probability is the main analytical tool used, the Element provides a primer on probability theory.
Author | : Neil A. Manson |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 395 |
Release | : 2003-09-02 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1134574592 |
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Recent discoveries in physics, cosmology, and biochemistry have captured the public imagination and made the Design Argument - the theory that God created the world according to a specific plan - the object of renewed scientific and philosophical interest. This accessible but serious introduction to the design problem brings together new perspectives from prominent scientists and philosophers including Paul Davies, Richard Swinburne, Sir Martin Rees, Michael Behe, Elliot Sober and Peter van Inwagen. It probes the relationship between modern science and religious belief, considering their points of conflict and their many points of similarity. Is the real God of creationism the 'master clockmaker' who sets the world's mechanism on a perfectly enduring course, or a miraculous presence who continually intervenes in and alters the world we know? Are science and faith, or evolution and creation, really in conflict at all? Expanding the parameters of a lively and urgent debate, God and Design considers how perennial questions of origin continue to fascinate and disturb us.
Author | : Benjamin C. Jantzen |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 353 |
Release | : 2014-02-27 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1107005345 |
Download An Introduction to Design Arguments Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
A comprehensive survey of the many different forms of design argument for the existence of God.
Author | : William Paley |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 384 |
Release | : 1822 |
Genre | : Natural history |
ISBN | : |
Download Natural Theology; Or Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the Deity, Collected from the Appearances of Nature Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Author | : William A. Dembski |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 266 |
Release | : 1998-09-13 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1139936298 |
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The design inference uncovers intelligent causes by isolating their key trademark: specified events of small probability. Just about anything that happens is highly improbable, but when a highly improbable event is also specified (i.e. conforms to an independently given pattern) undirected natural causes lose their explanatory power. Design inferences can be found in a range of scientific pursuits from forensic science to research into the origins of life to the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. This challenging and provocative 1998 book shows how incomplete undirected causes are for science and breathes new life into classical design arguments. It will be read with particular interest by philosophers of science and religion, other philosophers concerned with epistemology and logic, probability and complexity theorists, and statisticians.
Author | : Jerry Bergman |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 230 |
Release | : 2019 |
Genre | : Human anatomy |
ISBN | : 9781944918163 |
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The "argument from poor design" is one of the most common arguments hurled at proponents of Intelligent Design. It's also completely mistaken. The components of the human body which critics claim to be products of "poor design" are really instances of the critics' own misunderstandings of the relevant engineering criteria. In this book, anatomy professor Jerry Bergman takes you on a tour of the human body's most criticized features and help you understand what they do and why they were made the way that they are.
Author | : Tim Bayne |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 161 |
Release | : 2018 |
Genre | : PHILOSOPHY |
ISBN | : 0198754965 |
Download Philosophy of Religion Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
What is the philosophy of religion? How can we distinguish it from theology on the one hand and the psychology/sociology of religious belief on the other? What does it mean to describe God as eternal? And should religious people want there to be good arguments for the existence of God, or is religious belief only authentic in the absence of these good arguments? In this Very Short Introduction Tim Bayne introduces the field of philosophy of religion, and engages with some of the most burning questions that philosophers discuss. Considering how religion should be defined, and whether we even need to be able to define it in order to engage in the philosophy of religion, he goes on to discuss whether the existence of God matters. Exploring the problem of evil, Bayne also debates the connection between faith and reason, and the related question of what role reason should play in religious contexts. Shedding light on the relationship between science and religion, Bayne finishes by considering the topics of reincarnation and the afterlife. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
Author | : J.C.A. Gaskin |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 259 |
Release | : 1987-12-01 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1349189367 |
Download Hume’s Philosophy of Religion Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Hume's Philosophy of Religion brings together for the first time the whole range of Hume's immensely important critique of religion. The major concern is with a clear discussion and presentation of philosophical issues wherever they occur in Hume's writings, but items in the history of ideas, questions of interpretation and biographical details are introduced when they contribute to an understanding of Hume's position. Already reviewed as a standard work on Hume on religion and as a good general introduction to Hume's thought, this new edition has been extensively revised and extended. '...it is hard to imagine how a study of Hume on religion could have been at once more comprehensive, accurate, readable and scholarly than this...it is strongly to be recommended to all who have occasion to study or to teach Hume in colleges or universities.' W.D.Hudson, Expository Times.
Author | : David Hume |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 274 |
Release | : 1779 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : |
Download Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion is a philosophical work written by the Scottish philosopher David Hume. Through dialogue, three fictional characters named Demea, Philo, and Cleanthes debate the nature of God's existence. While all three agree that a god exists, they differ sharply in opinion on God's nature or attributes and how, or if, humankind can come to knowledge of a deity. In the Dialogues, Hume's characters debate a number of arguments for the existence of God, and arguments whose proponents believe through which we may come to know the nature of God. Such topics debated include the argument from design - for which Hume uses a house - and whether there is more suffering or good in the world (Argument from evil)
Author | : Harry Smit |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 241 |
Release | : 2014-04-03 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1107055199 |
Download The Social Evolution of Human Nature Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Harry Smit examines the elements of current evolutionary theory and how they bear on the evolution of the human mind.