something that has a beginning and depends on something for existence
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What does infinite mean?
something that has neither a beginning or end
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What is Aquinas' way 2 the argument for?
uncaused causer
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What is cause in philosophical terms
something which brings abour an effect or result
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Why did Kant reject Aquinas' 3rd way?
rejected concept of necessary existence with respect to the ontological argument
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Why did Mackie reject Aquinas' 3rd way?
questioned the assumption of there being necessary being and that it is God
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What is Hume's critisms to Aquinas' cosmological arguments?
the fallacy of composition- wheter it is necessary for the whole universe to have a cause just because everything within the universe has a preceding cause
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What did Copleston debate about?
Aquinas' 3rd way, universe can only be explained with God, God is his own sufficient cause, explaining the universe is important
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What did Russell debate about?
universe just is as it is beyond human comprehension
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