• A cosmological argument, in natural theology, is an argument which claims that the existence of God can be inferred from facts concerning causation, explanation...
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    The Kalam cosmological argument is a modern formulation of the cosmological argument for the existence of God. It is named after the Kalam (medieval Islamic...
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  • The Kalām Cosmological Argument is a 1979 book by the philosopher William Lane Craig, in which the author offers a contemporary defense of the Kalām cosmological...
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    Theology of Biola University. Craig has updated and defended the Kalam cosmological argument for the existence of God. He has also published work where he argues...
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  • The cosmological argument is an a posteriori argument for a cause or reason for the cosmos. One type of cosmological, or "first cause" argument, typically...
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    arguments have been made in various areas of philosophy. Famous examples include the cosmological argument, Bradley's regress and regress arguments in...
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  • contrasted the ontological argument (literally any argument "concerned with being") with the cosmological and physio-theoretical arguments. According to the Kantian...
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  • order in the universe. He argues that the Kalam Cosmological Argument strengthens the teleological argument by answering the question "Who designed the Designer...
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    Five Ways (Aquinas) (category Philosophical arguments)
    considered to be cosmological arguments. Aquinas omitted various arguments he believed to be insufficient or unsuited, such as the ontological argument made by...
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    In cosmology, the cosmological constant (usually denoted by the Greek capital letter lambda: Λ), alternatively called Einstein's cosmological constant...
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  • possible to prove, philosophically, creation theory. The Kalam cosmological argument held that creation was provable, for example. Maimonides himself...
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  • contributed by a cosmological constant. Steven Weinberg gave an anthropic explanation for this fact: he noted that the cosmological constant has a remarkably...
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    Religion, and New Testament studies. He is a proponent of the Kalam Cosmological Argument for the existence of God. He is an elected Fellow of the International...
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    Creatio ex nihilo (category Physical cosmology)
    universe must have a cause. The Kalam cosmological argument is a modern formulation of the cosmological argument for the existence of God: Everything that...
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  • portal Abductive reasoning Argument map Argumentation theory Bayes' theorem Belief bias Boolean logic Cosmological argument Critical thinking Dialectic...
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    Proof of the Truthful (category Arguments for the existence of God)
    argument; some say that it is ontological while others say it is cosmological. The argument is outlined in Avicenna's various works. The most concise and...
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  • teleological argument was later presented by the early Islamic philosophers Alkindus and Averroes, while Avicenna presented both the cosmological argument and...
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    quantum field theory? (more unsolved problems in physics) In cosmology, the cosmological constant problem or vacuum catastrophe is the substantial disagreement...
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    Babylonian cosmology Biblical names of stars Chronology of the Bible Classical planet Cosmogony Cosmological argument Creationist cosmologies Flat Earth...
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    Cosmogony (category Physical cosmology)
    the distinction between cosmogony and cosmology is blurred. For example, in theology, the cosmological argument for the existence of God (pre-cosmic cosmogonic...
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  • Religious interpretations of the Big Bang theory (category Religious cosmologies)
    physical cosmological paradigm, there have been a variety of reactions by religious groups regarding its implications for religious cosmologies. Some accept...
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  • Various primary arguments from cosmology and the nature of causation are often offered to support the cosmological argument. Teleological argument – Argues that...
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    Turtles all the way down (category Philosophical arguments)
    Cosmological argument – Argument for the existence of God Discworld – Fantasy book series by Terry Pratchett God of the gaps – Theological argument Homunculus...
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  • javelin argument, credited to Lucretius, is an ancient logical argument that the universe, or cosmological space, must be infinite. The javelin argument was...
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  • of the Christian Church. Agnostic atheism Christian agnosticism Cosmological argument Deism Doubt: Philosophy and ethics Epistemology: Belief Faith Fideism...
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  • Human Knowledge, sect. 25. Leftow, Brian (1989). "A Leibnizian Cosmological Argument". Philosophical Studies. 57 (2): 135–155. doi:10.1007/BF00354595...
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  • argument by itself may not give a reason to believe in the existence of God, but in combination with other arguments such as cosmological arguments and...
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    Lambda-CDM model List of astrophysicists Non-standard cosmology Taiji (philosophy) Timeline of cosmological theories Universal rotation curve Warm inflation...
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    the universe to pop out of nothing? No cause is needed." Kalam cosmological argument Gibbons–Hawking–York boundary term Gibbons–Hawking effect Penrose–Hawking...
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  • the Cosmological Argument Depend on the Ontological?", W Vallicella, Faith and Philosophy, 2000 "From facts to God: An onto-cosmological argument", WF...
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