physico-theological argument
- physico-theological argument
Term used by
Kant to denote any argument that starts from some facts about the world, and attempts to derive the existence of a deity. The
cosmological argument, argument from (or to) design, and the
first cause argument are the best known arguments of this kind. See also
Five Ways.
Philosophy dictionary.
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2011.
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