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Toward a new kalām cosmological argument [PDF]
Cogent Arts and Humanities, 2015 William Lane Craig has revived interest in the medieval kalām argument to the point where it is now one of the most discussed arguments for God’s existence in the secondary literature.
Benjamin VÍCTOR Waters +1 more
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New remarks on the cosmological argument [PDF]
International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, 2012 We present a formal analysis of the Cosmological Argument in its two main forms: that due to Aquinas, and the revised version of the Kalam Cosmological Argument more recently advocated by William Lane Craig. We formulate these two arguments in such a way that each conclusion follows in first-order logic from the corresponding assumptions.
Romero, Gustavo Esteban, Pérez, Daniela
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Metaphysics of the cosmological argument and some possible tasks of theistic proofs [PDF]
Вестник Православного Свято-Тихоновского гуманитарного университета: Серия I. Богословие, философия, 2017 There is a prevailing view in the analytic philosophical theology that theistic proofs should be formulated without reference to whatsoever metaphysics, but only relying on the achievements of modern science, especially physics, highlighting its logical ...
Kirill Karpov
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The Kalām Cosmological Argument
, 1979 A survey of recent philosophical literature on the kalam cosmological argument reveals that arguments for the finitude of the past and, hence, the beginning of the universe remain robust. Plantinga’s brief criticisms of Kant’s argument in his First Antinomy concerning time are shown not to be problematic for the kalam argument.
Craig, William Lane,
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Jonathan Edwards on the proofs of the existence of God [PDF]
Вестник Православного Свято-Тихоновского гуманитарного университета: Серия I. Богословие, философия, 2022 : This article analyzes the proofs for the existence of God offered by Jonathan Edwards. The notes known as "Miscellanies" as well as several other documents are the subject of the analysis.
Evgeny Loginov
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Kalam cosmological argument [PDF]
Filozofija i Društvo, 2011 In this paper it will be presented polemics about kalam cosmological argument developed in medieval islamic theology and philosophy. Main moments of that polemics was presented for a centuries earlier in Philoponus criticism of Aristotle’s thesis that
Đurić Drago
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Bennet’s Criticism of Kant's Refutation of Theoretical Proofs for the Existence of God [PDF]
پژوهشنامه فلسفه دین, 2017 Kant categorizes the arguments for the existence of God into ontological, cosmological, and design arguments. He holds that whereas existence is not a real and determining predicate, it is not allowed to be a part of object’s definition and so the ...
Arvin Azargin
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A MODAL-CAUSAL ARGUMENT FOR A CONCRETE NECESSARY OBJECT
Manuscrito, 2021 Suppose that it is metaphysically possible that the mereological fusion of all contingent states of affairs has a cause. Whatever the nature of the state of affairs that causes such mereological fusion, it should be metaphysically necessary because ...
JOSÉ TOMÁS ALVARADO
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A Comparative Study on the Degree of Dependence of Clarke’s and Sadra’s Arguments for the Existence of God on the Principle of Sufficient Reason [PDF]
حکمت و فلسفه, 2010 After briefly discussing the various versions of the Principle of Sufficient Reason (hereafter PSR), I argue that Clarke’s classic version of the Cosmological Arguments for the existence of God is rooted in the PSR, while Sadra’s so-called Siddigin ...
hasan hoseyni
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Craig and Kalam Cosmological Argument [PDF]
Comparative Theology, 2011 Among different arguments for the existence of God the Kalam cosmological argument is a very famous one which is elaborated by Professor William lane Craig.
Gholamhosein Tavacoly
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