Argument from design
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the argument for the existence of g-d based on the -ssumption that order in the universe implies an orderer and cannot be a natural feature of the universe.
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another name for teleological argument
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(philosophy) the argument purporting to prove the existence of g-d from empirical facts, the premise being that the universe shows evidence of order and hence design also called argument from design compare ontological argument, cosmological argument
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