• The Natural-law argument for the existence of God states that the observation of governing laws and existing order in the universe indicates the existence...
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  • nation-state. Natural law may also refer to: "Natural Law" (Star Trek: Voyager), a Star Trek: Voyager episode Natural-law argument, an argument for the existence...
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  • of the teleological argument are mainly Christians, for example Richard Swinburne and John Lennox. The argument from natural laws (promoted by Isaac Newton...
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  • Natural law (Latin: ius naturale, lex naturalis) is a system of law based on a close observation of natural order and human nature, from which values...
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  • dialectical and the rhetorical perspective. In logic, an argument is usually expressed not in natural language but in a symbolic formal language, and it can...
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  • intelligent design argument) is an argument for the existence of God or, more generally, that complex functionality in the natural world which looks designed...
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  • watchmaker analogy or watchmaker argument is a teleological argument, an argument for the existence of God, originating in natural theology, which is often used...
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  • Natural slavery (or Aristotelian slavery) is the argument set forth in Aristotle's Politics that some people are slaves by nature, while others are slaves...
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  • A cosmological argument, in natural theology, is an argument which claims that the existence of God can be inferred from facts concerning causation, explanation...
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  • Natural Law and Natural Rights (1980; second edition 2011) is a book by John Finnis first published by Oxford University Press, as part of the Clarendon...
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  • the argument that “a thing is good because it is ‘natural’, or bad because it is ‘unnatural’.” In debate and discussion, an appeal-to-nature argument is...
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    The natural law argument is rejected on the grounds that quantum physics produces a probabilistic rather than law-like picture, that the laws are just...
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  • The argument from morality is an argument for the existence of God. Arguments from morality tend to be based on moral normativity or moral order. Arguments...
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  • both in natural language and in formal logical systems, such as propositional logic. Deductive arguments differ from non-deductive arguments in that the...
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    manage their disagreements. Argumentation is a daily occurrence, such as in public debate, science, and law. For example in law, in courts by the judge,...
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    The Kalam cosmological argument is a modern formulation of the cosmological argument for the existence of God. It is named after the Kalam (medieval Islamic...
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    An argument map or argument diagram is a visual representation of the structure of an argument. An argument map typically includes all the key components...
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  • international law Monopoly on violence Muhammad Hamidullah Mutual liberty Natural justice Natural law Natural order (philosophy) Natural-law argument Naturalization...
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  • ontological argument is a philosophical argument, made from an ontological basis, that is advanced in support of the existence of God. Such arguments tend to...
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    Benford's law, also known as the Newcomb–Benford law, the law of anomalous numbers, or the first-digit law, is an observation that in many real-life sets...
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  • distinguish two types of rights, natural rights and legal rights. Natural rights are those that are not dependent on the laws or customs of any particular...
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    fallacies, critical thinking, and argumentation theory. It examines arguments expressed in natural language while formal logic uses formal language. When used...
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  • The argument from beauty (also the aesthetic argument) is an argument for the existence of a realm of immaterial ideas or, most commonly, for the existence...
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  • and roughly, the argument states that humans’ natural desire for eternal happiness must be capable of satisfaction, because all natural desires are capable...
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    theory, Cantor's diagonal argument, also called the diagonalisation argument, the diagonal slash argument, the anti-diagonal argument, the diagonal method...
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  • segment. Argument mining The goal of argument mining is the automatic extraction and identification of argumentative structures from natural language...
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  • Natural theology, once also termed physico-theology, is a type of theology that seeks to provide arguments for theological topics (such as the existence...
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    Such an argument is called a valid argument, for example: all men are mortal; Socrates is a man; therefore, Socrates is mortal. For valid arguments, it is...
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  • logical arguments for the existence of God, including the first cause argument, the natural-law argument, the argument from design, and moral arguments. He...
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    In English law, natural justice is technical terminology for the rule against bias (nemo iudex in causa sua) and the right to a fair hearing (audi alteram...
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