Yet another new cosmological argument
I argue that the existence of a necessary concrete being can be derived from an exceedingly weak causal principle coupled with two contingent truths one of which falls out of very popular positions in contemporary analytic metaphysics. I then show that the argument resists a great many objections co...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Springer Science + Business Media B. V
[2016]
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International journal for philosophy of religion
Année: 2016, Volume: 80, Numéro: 1, Pages: 11-31 |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
God
Proof, Cosmological
B Causation B Purely contingent facts B Cosmology B RELIGION & science B Cosmological Argument B Metaphysics B Natural Theology |
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| Résumé: | I argue that the existence of a necessary concrete being can be derived from an exceedingly weak causal principle coupled with two contingent truths one of which falls out of very popular positions in contemporary analytic metaphysics. I then show that the argument resists a great many objections commonly lodged against natural theological arguments of the cosmological variety. |
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| ISSN: | 1572-8684 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: International journal for philosophy of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s11153-015-9534-1 |