The teleological argument

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What does Teleological mean ?
It is derived from the Greek work telos meaning end or purpose
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What is the idea of the universe based of ?
based on observation of the apparent order in the universe and the natural world which concludes that things in the world doesn't just occur by chance but that they are in fact designed
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This argument is a posteriori argument. What does this mean ?
This is an argument in which the truth of a proposition is know to be true after empirical evidence has been used to conclude whether the proposition is true or false
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What are the three propositions that this argument follows
The universe has order purpose and regularity. The complexity of the universe shows evidence of design and therefore such designs implies that there must have been a designer who created it. These propositions would therefore conclude that the design
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The arguments main concern is reason the universe works in a ...
orderly and intelligent manner
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We as humans look at the natural world and see that there is what ?
Order, complexity and beauty in it and things that work particularly well to perform a function
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