The Fact That the World Seems to Have a Purposive

question 56

Multiple Choice

The fact that the world seems to have a purposive order serves as a premise in the:

• A) Ontological Argument.
• B) Cosmological Argument.
• C) Argument from Design.
• D) Argument from First Cause.
• E) Argument from Analogy.

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