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Cosmological argument

In philosophy of religion, a cosmological argument is an argument for the existence of God based on observational statements concerning the universe and its contents, examined metaphysically through the lenses of causation or motion (change). The universe is determined to be contingent or finite in a manner that substantiates an external foundation for it…

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related to Medieval Christian theology · 16
Cosmological argument → Aquinas's, Aquinas's Five Ways, Aquinas's Treatise, Aristotle, Avicenna, Christian God, Divine Nature, God, His, Maimonides, Notably, Proof, Summa Theologica, The Five Ways, Thomas Aquinas, Truthful
related to Timeless origin of the universe · 15
Cosmological argument → Accordingly, Big Bang, Craig, Feser, Gunn, Hartle-Hawking, He, In, James, Kant's, North Pole, Richard Gott, They, Universe, What
related to Kalam cosmological argument · 13
Cosmological argument → AD, Blackwell Companion, Christian, Craig, Islamic, John Philoponus, Natural Theology, The, The Kalam, The Kalām Cosmological Argument, These, Though, William Lane Craig
related to The Hume-Edwards principle · 13
Cosmological argument → David Hume, Demea, Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion, Duns Scotus, Hume's, Hume-Edwards, If, Notably, Paul Edwards, Rowe, The, Thus, William
related to Classical philosophy · 12
Cosmological argument → Aristotle, BC, Book, First Cause, He, His, In, In The Laws, In Timaeus, Plato, Practically, Prime Mover
related to Identifying the first cause · 11
Cosmological argument → Aquinas, Craig, Defenders, Duns Scotus, First Part, God, In Aquinas's Summa Theologica, In Scotus's Ordinatio, Michael Martin, Prima Pars, Secular
related to "What caused the first cause?" · 10
Cosmological argument → Andrew Loke, Aquinas's, Critics, Defenders, Edward Feser, Kalam, Objections, Second Way, Similarly, William Lane Craig
related to External links · 8
Cosmological argument → Bruce, Edward, In Zalta, ISSN, OCLC, Philosophy, Reichenbach, Stanford Encyclopedia
related to Causal loop arguments · 7
Cosmological argument → Andrew Loke, Gott, He, In, Li, Richard Hanley, Some
related to Leibnizian cosmological argument · 7
Cosmological argument → Alexander Pruss, German, Gottfried Leibniz, He, In, Stating, There

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Cosmological argumentis aargument for the existence of God based on observational statements concerning the universe and its contents0.90text
Cosmological argumentis atype of positive infinite regress argument given that it defends a proposition0.90text
Hilbert's Hotel are cited to demonstrate the metaphysical impossibility of actual infinities existing in realityinstance ofThought experiments0.80text
Occam's razor.Explanatory failureinstance ofor basic principles0.80text
begging the question or when investigating causes concerning ultimate origins or fundamental principles.Accidentalinstance ofThis may arise in the case of logical fallacies0.80text
essential ordering of causesAquinas refers to the distinction found in Aristotle's Physicsinstance ofThis may arise in the case of logical fallacies0.80text
begging the question or when investigating causes concerning ultimate origins or fundamental principlesinstance ofThis may arise in the case of logical fallacies0.80text
The Kalām Cosmological Argumentinstance ofeventually returning to Christian theological scholarship in the 13th century.These ideas were revitalised for modern discourse by philosopher and theologian William Lane Craig…0.80text
Hilbert's Hotelinstance ofreferring to thought experiments0.80text
the tale of Tristram Shandyinstance ofreferring to thought experiments0.80text
and variationsinstance ofreferring to thought experiments0.80text
Michael Martin argue that a cosmological argument may establish the existence of a first causeinstance ofIdentifying the first causeSecular philosophers0.80text

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