The design argument

God and Design: The Teleological Argument and Modern Science

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 25-53

  Sober, Elliott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203398265     Document Type: Chapter

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