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    It is not the case that The teleological argument can succeed even if the analogies it relies on are not exact, because it functions as an argument to the best explanation

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    • 1.Inference to the best explanation requires a pool of competing hypotheses, but theism is not genuinely explanatory if divine intention itself lacks a mechanistic account.
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    • 2.Hume's point in Dialogues XI stands: a hypothesis that explains everything by appeal to an unexplained mind explains nothing, since mind is precisely what demands explanation in complex ordered systems.
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    • 1.Elliott Sober argues that IBE in science requires likelihoods grounded in known frequencies or mechanisms, which theism cannot supply since we have no independent base rate for universe-creating gods.
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    • 2.Without such likelihoods, 'best explanation' collapses into 'only theistic explanation considered,' which is a fallacy of incomplete alternatives rather than genuine abductive inference.
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    • 1.Many scientific arguments proceed by inference to the best explanation rather than requiring exact analogies
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    • 2.An imperfect analogy between designed artifacts and the universe may still support theism as the best available explanation for order and apparent design
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