Cosmological Argument Strength + Weakness
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- Created on: 04-02-14 19:57
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- Cosmological Argument
- Strengths
- It is easy to comprehend the idea that there cannot be an infinite regress of causers
- Logical to assume that objects cannot bring themselves into existence
- Argument begins with something we can observe
- Reasoning begins with experience which is either universal or testable
- Argument does not rely on fixed definitions that we must accept
- Argument fits with the Christian idea of God
- Omnipotent
- Omnibenevolent
- Omniscient
- Makes sense to think that there is an initial cause to the universe
- Most scientists would argue that the universe has a beginning
- Weakness'
- If all things need a cause then God himself must have one
- The conclusion does not necessarily follow the premises
- Just because things in the universe have causes does not mean that the universe as a whole, has a cause
- We have no experiences with universes being caused so cannot claim we know that they need a cause
- Russell
- We have no experiences with universes being caused so cannot claim we know that they need a cause
- The universe is just here and we do not need to question it
- Russell
- There is no logical absurdity to say that things come into existence on their own
- Hume
- Only analytic propositions can exist necessarily
- Kant
- Perhaps the universe has always been here
- Strengths
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