Cosmological argument Study guides, Revision notes & Summaries

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

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...

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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

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

A collection of example exam questions and answers regarding the cosmological arguments for God's existence for AQA A-level philosophy.

Simple Cosmological Argument - ANS-An argument for the existence of a First Cause (or instead, an Uncaused cause) to the universe.

What is the Cosmological Argument? - ANS-A classical argument for the existence of God, it is based on a belief that there is a first cause behind the existence of the universe

Who created what is is now known as the Cosmological Argument? - ANS-Thomas Aquinas What type of argument is the cosmological argument, and what does this then mean? - ANS-Aquinas' Cosmological argument is an a posteriori inductive argument which means that it is based on observation and experience of the world. This evidence is then used to draw a probable conclusion. Aquinas then proposed 5 ways TO PROVE THE EXISTENCE OF GOD, and the first 3 ways formed the cosmological argument.