10/18 notes

Question 1

are ontological arguments a priori or a posteriori

Answer 1

a priori

Question 2

cosmological argument

Answer 2

argument for god based on the existence of the universe

Question 3

what type of basis does a posteriori have

Answer 3

empirical

Question 4

how do we know universe exists

Answer 4

we can see it

Question 5

what is Kalam’s argument

Answer 5

universe had beginning

Question 6

how does kalam’s argument exercise faith and reason

Answer 6

compatibilism

Question 7

how did plato believe universe was created

Answer 7

by god from preexisting matter

Question 8

thought god created universe ___ ______

Answer 8

ex nihlo

Question 9

ex nihlo

Answer 9

out of nothing

Question 10

who was kalams argument argued by

Answer 10

al gazali

Question 11

what did al gazali think

Answer 11

whatever begins to exist must have a cause of its existence

Question 12

valid argument

Answer 12

guarantees conclusion is true if premises are true

Question 13

what type of argument is kalams argument

Answer 13

modus ponens

Question 14

personal

Answer 14

free act of making universe, thus personal being (God)

Question 15

nothing means

Answer 15

nothing at all

Question 16

indutive generalization

Answer 16

everything we know of with a beginning has a cause

Question 17

proofs for kalam

Answer 17

something cant come from nothing

Question 18

what type of claim is nothing comes from nothing

Answer 18

universal negative

Question 19

did god come from something

Answer 19

god does not come from something, he did not come to be, hence why he would be a bad counter example for nothing comes from nothing

Question 20

MEMORIZE TWO PROOFS FOR THE UNIVERSE BEGAN TO EXIST

Answer 20

ok