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单词 teleological argument
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Definition of teleological argument in English:

teleological argument

noun
Philosophy
  • The argument for the existence of God from the evidence of order, and hence design, in nature.

    Compare with cosmological argument and ontological argument
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The most important of those proofs were the ontological argument, the cosmological argument, and the teleological argument.
    • What about the various arguments that have been proposed for the existence of God - the traditional cosmological and teleological arguments for example?
    • It explains how to understand power laws, the Gaia hypothesis, and ‘self-organized criticality’ without devolving into reification, teleological argument, appeals to the mystical, or other intellectual short-cuts.
    • So it is very hard to see how the teleological argument, any more than the cosmological, can overturn the argument from evil.
    • Apocalyptic narratives of nations, immersed in teleological arguments, necessarily introduce the problem of majorities and minorities, of insiders and outsiders.
 
 

Definition of teleological argument in US English:

teleological argument

nounˌtelēəˈläjikəl
Philosophy
  • The argument for the existence of God from the evidence of order, and hence design, in nature.

    Compare with argument from design, cosmological argument, and ontological argument
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It explains how to understand power laws, the Gaia hypothesis, and ‘self-organized criticality’ without devolving into reification, teleological argument, appeals to the mystical, or other intellectual short-cuts.
    • The most important of those proofs were the ontological argument, the cosmological argument, and the teleological argument.
    • So it is very hard to see how the teleological argument, any more than the cosmological, can overturn the argument from evil.
    • What about the various arguments that have been proposed for the existence of God - the traditional cosmological and teleological arguments for example?
    • Apocalyptic narratives of nations, immersed in teleological arguments, necessarily introduce the problem of majorities and minorities, of insiders and outsiders.
 
 
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