Common Consent Arguments for the Existence of God Numerous philosophers and theologians have appealed to the "common consent" of humankind (the consensus gentium ) as support for certain doctrines. Richard Hooker, for example, in his...

Teleological Argument for the Existence of God The "Teleological Argument for the existence of God" is a member of the classic triad of arguments, which is completed by the Ontological Argument and the Cosmological Argument. Stated most...

Teleological Argument for the Existence of God [addendum] See Also Collins 2002). Swinburne's Cumulative Case for God's Existence Is an Argument to the Best Explanation, Citing Various Pieces of Data or Evidence That Are (A) Relatively...

Causality in which the effect is explained by an end (Greek, telos) to be realized. Teleology thus differs essentially from efficient causality, in which an effect is dependent on prior events. Aristotle's account of teleology declared that a full...

A teleological argument, or argument from design, is an argument for the existence of God or a creator based on perceived evidence of order, purpose, design, or direction—or some combination of these—in nature. The word "teleological" is derived...