Cosmological argument - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

PHIL 347 FINAL EXAM Questions and Verified Answers | Latest 2023/2024 Omnipotence --- God can do anything that is intrinsically (non-contradictory) possible for God to do Omniscience --- God knows the future - God is immutable, so foreknowledge is nonexistent > *obj*: God would "change his mind" depending on what an agent chooses to do The Kalam Cosmological Argument --(1) everything that begins to exist has a *cause* (2) the universe began to exist > the number of past events is...

T/F Many philosophers have asserted that the Big Bang is exactly the kind of starting point of the universe that the cosmological argument points toward. - ANS-true

Edexcel A-level Religious Studies - Cosmological Argument SCHOLARS May 2024 Exam Review Questions and Answers 100% Pass

David Hume - ANS-• All knowledge and ideas, however complex can be reduced to some experience our senses have. • His examination of people's mode of thinking led him to conclude that humans think they know a great deal more about the universe than is warranted. • He argued the mistake humans make is to allow imagination to make a connection between cause and effect. • For Hume, Aquinas is wrong in making a connection between cause and effect - these are two separate events rather t...

strengths - ANS--the arguments basis is in empirical evidence, i.e motion, causes, contingency. --as a posteriori argument it draws on evidence that is universally available (contingency, causation) -inductive: often used in everyday life -there is a general acceptance pf the Principle of Sufficient reason. -conclusion seems likely from evidence given in A -why is there something rather than nothing when we could easily be doing nothing -the evidence can not be challenged -it provides a...

Concise notes on the three philosophical arguments (Teleological (design), Cosmological & Ontological) applicable to all exam boards A sufficient amount of scholars included

UCF PHI 2010 Intro to Philosophy Fall 2023 Professor Barker Covers: - Contingent being - Necessary being - Dependent being - Principle of Sufficient Reason (PSR) - Contingency Cosmological Argument - Collection C - Weak objections - Stronger objections

Strength: It's an 'a posteriori' argument. - ANS-It's based on empirical evidence gained through the senses by observing the world around us and coming to conclusions.

Cosmological arguments - ANS-Proceed from (alleged) facts about the nature of the universe and conclude that God must exist to explain those facts

UCF PHI 2010 Intro to Philosophy Fall 2023 Professor Barker Covers: - Second Way by Aquinas - Efficient causes - The First Cause Argument - Infinite Series - Question-begging