Philosophy and Ethics - cosmological argument

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what does a posteriori mean?
things are proved through experience
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the cosmological argument is used to...
support the existence of the god of classical theism who has necessary existence
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how did thomas aquinas explain the cosmological argument?
through the first three of his 5 ways
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what did aquinas mean by 'god as the first mover'?
god is the unmoved, prime mover as things move in the universe because they are moved by something else
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what did aquinas mean by 'god as the first cause'?
nothing can be the cause of itself, so the first uncaused cause is god.
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what did aquinas mean by 'god as the necessary being'?
the cause of the universe must be external to it as the universe is contingent, so the external necessary being is god.
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what did aristotle argue?
god did not create the universe, or sustain it, or act in it and that he has no interest in it.
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what did david hume say about the cosmological argument?
it commits the fallacy of composition- assuming that a characteristics of part of a thing is also a characteristic of the whole thing. all knowledge comes from our experience, so the argument is flawed.
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what is a strength of the cosmological argument?
the big bang theory provides support as it demonstrates the universe has a beginning and is not infinite
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what did immanuel kant say about the cosmological argument?
the idea that every event must have a first cause can only be applied to a world of sense experience.
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