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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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| Cosmological argument | is a | argument for the existence of God based on observational statements concerning the universe and its contents | 0.90 | text |
| Cosmological argument | is a | type of positive infinite regress argument given that it defends a proposition | 0.90 | text |
| Hilbert's Hotel are cited to demonstrate the metaphysical impossibility of actual infinities existing in reality | instance of | Thought experiments | 0.80 | text |
| Occam's razor.Explanatory failure | instance of | or basic principles | 0.80 | text |
| begging the question or when investigating causes concerning ultimate origins or fundamental principles.Accidental | instance of | This may arise in the case of logical fallacies | 0.80 | text |
| essential ordering of causesAquinas refers to the distinction found in Aristotle's Physics | instance of | This may arise in the case of logical fallacies | 0.80 | text |
| begging the question or when investigating causes concerning ultimate origins or fundamental principles | instance of | This may arise in the case of logical fallacies | 0.80 | text |
| The Kalām Cosmological Argument | instance of | eventually returning to Christian theological scholarship in the 13th century.These ideas were revitalised for modern discourse by philosopher and theologian William Lane Craig… | 0.80 | text |
| Hilbert's Hotel | instance of | referring to thought experiments | 0.80 | text |
| the tale of Tristram Shandy | instance of | referring to thought experiments | 0.80 | text |
| and variations | instance of | referring to thought experiments | 0.80 | text |
| Michael Martin argue that a cosmological argument may establish the existence of a first cause | instance of | Identifying the first causeSecular philosophers | 0.80 | text |
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