The Design Argument
Published on 2. January 2019
978-1-108-59763-0 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Worked examples or Exercises; 2 Tables, black and white; 8 Line drawings, black and white
File size
2,25 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-108-59763-0 (9781108597630)
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Elliott Sober
The Design Argument
Book
11/2018
Cambridge University Press
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Content
1. Introduction; 2. A probability primer; 3. Six ways to formulate a design argument; 4. Biological Creationism; 5. The fine-tuning argument.
