The argument from reason is a transcendental argument against metaphysical naturalism and for the existence of God (or at least a supernatural being that...

appeal to when making arguments about what people should do or believe. For example, that a doctor's patient is grimacing is a reason to believe the patient...

century by Thomas Aquinas. The cosmological argument is closely related to the principle of sufficient reason as addressed by Gottfried Leibniz and Samuel...

have expanded on the "Argument from reason" and credit Lewis with first bringing the argument to light in Miracles. The argument holds that if, as thoroughgoing...

teleological argument (from τέλος, telos, 'end, aim, goal'; also known as physico-theological argument, argument from design, or intelligent design argument) is...

of the argument from morality are Graham Ward, Alister McGrath and William Lane Craig. The argument from reason is a transcendental argument against...

have developed an argument for dualism dubbed the "argument from reason". They credit C.S. Lewis with first bringing the argument to light in his book...

meta-ethics. German philosopher Immanuel Kant devised an argument from morality based on practical reason. Kant argued that the goal of humanity is to achieve...

called argument to logic (argumentum ad logicam), the fallacy fallacy, the fallacist's fallacy, and the bad reasons fallacy. It has the general argument form:...

C. S. Lewis's argument from reason is a kind of transcendental argument. Transcendental arguments should not be confused with arguments for the existence...

The purpose of an argument is to give reasons for one's conclusion via justification, explanation, and/or persuasion. Arguments are intended to determine...

compares his argument to C. S. Lewis' argument from reason. The Christian philosopher Augustine of Hippo formed a formulation of the argument from consciousness...

have developed an argument for dualism dubbed the "argument from reason". They credit C.S. Lewis with first bringing the argument to light in his book...

elaborated in J. L. Schellenberg's 1993 book Divine Hiddenness and Human Reason. This argument says that if God existed (and was perfectly good and loving) every...

In argumentation, an objection is a reason arguing against a premise, argument, or conclusion. Definitions of objection vary in whether an objection is...

is an American philosopher best known for his development of the "argument from reason". He is the author of C.S. Lewis's Dangerous Idea (2003) and numerous...

Argument from ignorance (from Latin: argumentum ad ignorantiam), also known as appeal to ignorance (in which ignorance represents "a lack of contrary...

The argument from desire is an argument for the existence of the immortality of the soul. The best-known defender of the argument is the Christian writer...

The argument from beauty (also the aesthetic argument) is an argument for the existence of a realm of immaterial ideas or, most commonly, for the existence...

faculties is low. This argument comes as an expansion of the argument from reason, although the two are separate philosophical arguments. The idea that "naturalism"...

Reason is the capacity of applying logic consciously by drawing conclusions from new or existing information, with the aim of seeking the truth. It is...

ontological argument is a philosophical argument, made from an ontological basis, that is advanced in support of the existence of God. Such arguments tend to...

divine reality. Various reasons have been offered for and against accepting this contention. Contemporary defenders of the argument are Richard Swinburne...

The argument from degrees, also known as the degrees of perfection argument or the henological argument is an argument for the existence of God first proposed...

refer to the principle of sufficient reason. Since Craig's original publication, the Kalam cosmological argument has elicited public debate between Craig...

different technical definition in the Rhetoric, using it as meaning argument from reason, one of the three modes of persuasion. The other two modes are pathos...

The argument from free will, also called the paradox of free will or theological fatalism, contends that omniscience and free will are incompatible and...

fortiori (literally "argument from the stronger [reason]") (UK: /ˈɑː fɔːrtiˈoʊri/, US: /ˈeɪ fɔːrʃiˈɔːraɪ/) is a form of argumentation that draws upon existing...

The argument from marginal cases (also known as the argument from species overlap) is a philosophical argument within animal rights theory regarding the...

The argument from miracles is an argument for the existence of God that relies on the belief that events witnessed and described as miracles – i.e. as...