Aquinas Flashcards
Why was he a saint
Caught fish in a time where it wasn’t possible (famine)
Tooth fell out
Didn’t sleep with any prostitutes
Does aquinas belive in infinite regress
No
Aquinas belief
Things come into existence as smth caused it to
There’s a chain of causes going back to the beginning of time
There must be a first cause
Who created the first cause according to Aquinas
God as he has necessary existence
Flaw of Aquinas
He has confirmation bias as he’s catholic so already believe in god
First proof
Everything’s in motion and moved by smth else. Must be a first mover
What’s the potentiality, efficient cause and actuality example
Wood-potentiality
Ignited-efficient cause
Fire-actuality
Second prof
If first domino didn’t fall then the second one wouldn’t
3rd prof
Contingent beings exist
So necessary beings must exist
That’s god
What Aquinas mean when he reject infinite regress
In terms of causes not time
What was Aquinas solution to infinite regress
He didn’t tackle it
What’s actual infinity
There is no start or end
What’s kalam mean
To argue or discuss
Who created a modern version of kalam argument
Craig, a Christian apologist
What’s kalam argument based on
Actual infinity being impossible
Kalam argument
Everything that exists has a cause
Universe began to exist
Universe must have cause
Agent must have caused it
Develop on temporal effects
-All temporal effects have a cause
-Beginningless temporal series of events is an actual infinity
-actual infinity can’t exist as there is no cause
