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    Supports→The Nyāya argument from design fails to establish that the world requires a single intelligent creator.

    Mere aggregation of partial agents produces only additive complexity, not the hierarchically integrated teleological order that Nyāya identifies as the mark of intelligent design.

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    • 1.Biological systems exhibit nested goal-directedness (DNA → proteins → organs → organisms) that simple part-aggregation cannot explain.
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    • 2.Random combinations of independent agents produce noise; purposive hierarchies require coordinative principles external to parts themselves.
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    • 3.Human artifacts (watches, cities) demonstrate that hierarchical teleology requires antecedent intelligent arrangement, not mere accumulation.
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    • 1.Emergent properties from simple rules (Conway's Life, evolution) generate apparent teleology without external intelligence or design.
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    • 2.Nyāya assumes hierarchy requires top-down intention, but bottom-up self-organization achieves integrated order through local interactions alone.
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    • 3.The distinction between 'additive' and 'hierarchical' complexity is gradational, not categorical—no threshold proof that design is necessary.
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