Some phenomena within nature exhibit such exquisiteness of structure, function or
interconnectedness that many people have found it natural to see a deliberative and
directive mind behind those phenomena. The mind in question is typically taken to be
supernatural. Philosophically inclined thinkers have both historically and at present labored
to shape the relevant intuition into a more formal, logically rigorous inference. The resultant
theistic arguments, in their various logical forms, share a focus on plan, purpose, intention …

Some phenomena within nature exhibit such exquisiteness of structure, function or
interconnectedness that many people have found it natural—if not inescapable—to see a
deliberative and directive mind behind those phenomena. The mind in question, being prior
to nature itself, is typically taken to be supernatural. Philosophically inclined thinkers have
both historically and at present labored to shape the relevant intuition into a more formal,
logically rigorous inference. The resultant theistic arguments, in their various logical forms …