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

    The Mīmāṃsaka and Buddhist critics who invoke collective agency cannot account for the lawlike regularity of adṛṣṭa (unseen potentials) without a single superintending intelligence to organize their activation.

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    Key Terms

    Adṛṣṭa(as a concept in Indian philosophy)
    A Sanskrit term meaning 'unseen' or 'invisible'—in Hindu philosophy, it refers to hidden forces or potential consequences that carry forward from past actions to produce future results.
    Buddhist critics(as philosophical opponents)
    Philosophers from the Buddhist tradition who disagreed with other schools of thought and challenged their ideas through logical debate.
    Lawlike regularity(the background assumption needed to make sense of past observations)
    The assumption that nature follows consistent, predictable patterns or laws that will continue to hold in the future the way they have in the past.
    Mīmāṃsaka(as the source of the objection being discussed)
    A follower of Mīmāṃsā, an ancient Indian school of philosophy that focused on interpreting religious texts and determining what counts as reliable knowledge.

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    Superintending intelligence(as a theological concept)
    A single, all-knowing mind or consciousness that oversees and controls everything, organizing how things work and what happens.
    collective agency(describing how nations can act as unified entities)
    The ability of a group acting together to make choices and create real effects in the world, the way individuals can act as one body.

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