Philosophy: Scholars

Aquinas:

Cosmological Argument (motion, contingency, cause)

Ontological Argument (we need evidence, "God is beyond human understanding")

Design Argument (design qua regularity)

Swinburne:

Argument(s) from temporal (regularity) & spatial (purpose) order(s)

Goldilocks analogy/fine-tuning

Free Will Defence (without free will, we would not be human & God would not be of classical theism)

Russell:

Cosmological Argument (universe's existence is a 'brute fact')

Ontological Argument (Intention/Extension)

Hume:

Design Argument (5 objections!)

Contributed to Logical Problem of Evil

Ontological Argument (we need evidence, existence is not a predicate, necessary existence does not exist)

Dawkins:

Religious Experience (God Helmet, REX's are a form of psychosis)

Ontological Argument ("meer word game")

Tennant:

Anthropic Principle (World is perfect for our existence!)

Strong Principle (world was created as it is for our arrival)

Weak Principle (if the world was any different, we would not exist)

Augustine:

Augustinian Theodicy (God created us perfect…