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Axe argues that the key to understanding our origin is the "design intuition": the innate belief held by all humans that tasks we would need knowledge to accomplish can only be accomplished by someone who has that knowledge. For the ingenious task of inventing life, this knower can only be God. He explains in plain English the science that proves our design intuition scientifically valid, and then uses everyday experience to empower ordinary people...
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Nicholas Rescher collected papers volume 12
Publisher
Ontos Verlag
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
11) Neofinalism
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Posthumanities volume 36
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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Quellen und Studien zur Philosophie volume Bd. 99
Publisher
De Gruyter
Pub. Date
2010
Language
Deutsch
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Publisher
University of California Press
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
The world is configured in ways that seem systematically hospitable to life forms, especially the human race. Is this the outcome of divine planning or simply of the laws of physics? Ancient Greeks and Romans famously disagreed on whether the cosmos was the product of design or accident. In this book, David Sedley examines this question and illuminates new historical perspectives on the pantheon of thinkers who laid the foundations of Western philosophy...
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Design of life volume 1
Publisher
Illustra Media
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Flight: The Genius of Birds marks the launch of Illustra Media's new documentary series The Design of Life. Each episode explores a different realm of the animal kingdom and the remarkable biological systems that make life on Earth possible. Filmed in North America, England, Peru, Greenland, and Antarctica, Flight probes the mysteries and mechanisms of a bird's anatomy, instinct, and embryology to reveal stunning provisions essential for life in the...