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A modern variation of the teleological argument is built upon the concept of the fine-tuned universe: According to the website Biologos: [91] Fine-tuning refers to the surprising precision of nature's physical constants, and the beginning state of the Universe.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 13 December 2024. Hypothesis about life in the universe For the concept of a fine-tuned Earth, see Rare Earth hypothesis. Part of a series on Physical cosmology Big Bang · Universe Age of the universe Chronology of the universe Early universe Inflation · Nucleosynthesis Backgrounds Gravitational wave ...
Furthermore, even accepting fine tuning, Sober (2005) [34] and Ikeda and Jefferys, [35] [36] argue that the anthropic principle as conventionally stated actually undermines intelligent design. Paul Davies 's book The Goldilocks Enigma (2006) reviews the current state of the fine-tuning debate in detail, and concludes by enumerating the ...
He indicated that teleological arguments, such as the apparent fine tuning of the universe, can count as evidence, but not proof, for the existence of God. He said that “a common-sense and satisfying interpretation of our world suggests the designing hand of a superintelligence.” [ 13 ]
Ayala, relying on work done by the philosopher Ernest Nagel, also rejects the idea that teleological arguments are inadmissible because they cannot be causal. For Nagel, teleological arguments must be consistent because they can always be reformulated as non-teleological arguments. The difference between the two is, for Ayala, merely one of ...
The watchmaker analogy or watchmaker argument is a teleological argument, an argument for the existence of God.In broad terms, the watchmaker analogy states that just as it is readily observed that a watch (e.g.: a pocket watch) did not come to be accidentally or on its own but rather through the intentional handiwork of a skilled watchmaker, it is also readily observed that nature did not ...
The fine-tuning argument; The question of whether there is a naturalistic account for the development of living matter from non-living matter; The question of whether there is a naturalistic account for non-reproducing living matter developing into a living creature capable of reproduction
Collins has taught philosophy at Messiah University since 1994 and is a leading advocate for the Fine-Tuning Argument. Collins was interviewed as a major contributor to The Case for a Creator [2] by Lee Strobel. Using his background in both philosophy and physics, he has developed a Fine-Tuning for Discoverability argument, in which he argues ...