PHILO-120 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Kalam Cosmological Argument, Cosmological Argument, Ontological Argument
29 Oct 2020
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Three main types of argument for the existence of god in the philosophical tradition: 1) it is an umbrella" term which takes a number of subtly different arguments. 2) it is technically what philosophers call an a posteriori argument. It is a causal argument, i. e. it deals with the idea of god as a cause. Two classic versions of the cosmological argument: The kalam argument (from the islamic tradition and developed recently by. The kalam cosmological argument argues for the existence of god, based on the assertion that the universe had a beginning. It is taken from two islamic thinkers al-kindi (9th century) and al-ghazali (11th century) The three ways of thomas aquinas each focus on an aspect of the world around us and each argues that a particular feature of that world is ultimately dependent on the existence of god. In other words, god is the origin of particular phenomena in the world.
