Cosmological Flashcards
1
Q
What was aquinas’s book
A
Summa theologica
2
Q
Based on
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First 3/5 ways
3
Q
Based on two assumptions
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Universe exists there must be a reason why
4
Q
Explain Lebniz cosmological
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Principle of sufficient reason Everything has sufficient reason We require explanations There must be an explanation God Cannot have infinite regress
5
Q
What was Kant’s criticisms of cosmological in book critique of pure reason
A
Cause
Inside universe
Spatio-temporal world
6
Q
Explain Copelstons argument
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Things in world are contingent Everything in world is like this Cause of everything outside cause Necessary being God
7
Q
Russell
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Regress of causal events could not be held responsible of everything in the universe
Concept of cause not applicable to total
All humans have mother does not mean human race has mother
Brute fact
Universe = no sufficient reason
8
Q
Hume’s criticisms of Cosmo
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Not experience in how universe was made
Move from something inside experience to outside = illogical
Do not know if there is relationship between cause and effect
Could be infinite regress of causes
