The Teleological and Kalam Cosmological Arguments Revisited
The Teleological and Kalam Cosmological Arguments Revisited
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This book also demonstrates that there are essential features of each category such that, while the alternatives to design are unlikely, the Design Hypothesis is not, and that one can argue for design by exclusion without having to first assign a prior probability for design.
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The Teleological and Kalam Cosmological Arguments Revisited by Andrew Loke
A prominent issue in many contemporary philosophy of religion debates concerns whether the universe has a Designer. This book moves the discussion ahead in a significant way by devising an original deductive formulation of the Teleological Argument (TA) which demonstrates that the following are the only possible categories of hypotheses concerning fine-tuning and order: (i) chance, (ii) regularity, (iii) combinations of regularity and chance, (iv) uncaused, and (v) design. This book also demonstrates that there are essential features of each category such that, while the alternatives to design are unlikely, the Design Hypothesis is not, and that one can argue for design by exclusion without having to first assign a prior probability for design. By combining the TA with the Kalam Cosmological Argument (KCA) which it defends against various objections, this book responds to the God-of-the-gaps objection by demonstrating that the conclusion of the KCA-TA is not based on gaps which can be filled by further scientific progress, but follows from deduction and exclusion. This is an open access book.
Andrew Loke is Associate Professor, Department of Religion and Philosophy, Hong Kong Baptist University, China.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9783030944056 |
| ISBN 10 | 3030944050 |
| Title | The Teleological and Kalam Cosmological Arguments Revisited |
| Author | Andrew Loke |
| Series | Palgrave Frontiers In Philosophy Of Religion |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Springer Nature Switzerland AG |
| Year published | 2022-05-04 |
| Number of pages | 387 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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