Arguments from Observation- Cosmo

Question 1

Aquinas

Answer 1

Motion, Cause, Contingency

Question 2

Russell

Answer 2

“Brute fact”, fallacy of composition- human race doesn’t have a mother

Question 3

Leibniz

Answer 3

Principle of Sufficient Reason, “always existed” is not sufficient

Question 4

Hume

Answer 4

Can be certain of movement, not causation

Question 5

Kant

Answer 5

Empirical evidence for non-empirical conclusion

Cannot understand world outside of our experience, possibly not in cause and effect

Question 6

Mackie

Answer 6

Doesn’t show Necessary existence

Question 7

Davies

Answer 7

God of the Gaps not of Classical Theism

Question 8

Scholars supporting Cosmo

Answer 8

Aquinas, Copleston

Question 9

Scholars countering Cosmo

Answer 9

RLHKMD

Russell, Leibniz, Hume, Kant, Mackie, Davies

Question 10

Copleston

Answer 10

Meaningful question

“if one refuses to sit down at the chess board, one cannot be checkmated”