The Cosmological Arguemnt

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  • Created on: 07-05-14 08:52
how put forward the C.A?
Aquinas
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how many ways did Aquinas believe the existence of God could be shown?
five
2 of 18
how many of Aquinas' ways are cosmological?
three
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the first cause talks about
Unmoved Mover
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something that can't exist which moved something then something else then something else and so on forever
infinite regress
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something that started the chain of motion
Prime Mover
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another name for the Prime Mover
God
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everything is caused by something else (the second way)
uncaused cause
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everything in the word is (the 3rd way)
contingent
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God must have brought everything into ___ because at one point they did not exist
existence
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Aquinas's argument is based on scientific information which is no longer ___
valid
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the argument appeals to ___ as it's based on the world around us
Empiricists
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who argues that the argument is a posteriori therefore invalid
Hume
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Thompson pointed out that each cause could produce an infinite number of ___
effect
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who disagrees with Aquinas's description of movement and cause?
Thompson
15 of 18
argues Aquinas's theory points to one of two things but doesn't prove either one or the other
Hick
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animals and humans have ___ to change so perhaps the universe can too.
autonomy
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Aquinas' theory is based on ___ scientific evidence
invalid
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how many ways did Aquinas believe the existence of God could be shown?

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five

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how many of Aquinas' ways are cosmological?

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the first cause talks about

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something that can't exist which moved something then something else then something else and so on forever

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