Design and the anthropic finetuning of the universe

God and Design: The Teleological Argument and Modern Science

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 155-177

  Craig, William Lane ^a  

^a BIOLA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84867492173     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203398265     Document Type: Chapter

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