112. Richard Playford: Examining Thomistic Teleological Arguments

from Adherent Apologetics · host Zac Sechler

Today, Dr. Richard Playford joins me to discuss a form of the argument from design. Richard Playford is a lecturer in religious studies and the programme lead for the BA (Hons) in theology, religion and ethics and the BA (Hons) in theology and religious studies at St Mary’s University. His research interests include ethics, bioethics, metaphysics and philosophy of religion. Support (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/AdherentApologetics Richard's Website: https://sites.google.com/view/richard... The Philosopher's Cave: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCENw...

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