Design and the Anthropic principle

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Department of Philosophy, University of Guelph, N1G 2W1, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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Leslie, J. Design and the Anthropic principle. Biol Philos 7, 349–354 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00129975

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