cosmological argument Flashcards
What kind of argument is the cosmological argument
a posteriori
Is the cosmological argument a inductive or deductive
inductive
What does inductive mean
It aims to persuade not prove
What are the three ways presented by Thomas Aquinas
unmoved mover, uncaused cause, necessary being
What is the unmoved mover
It is that there must have been a first mover that is unmoved itself to start a chain reaction of movement
What is the uncaused cause
The idea that there must have been a first cause that was the beginning to everything
What is a necessary being
The idea that the being to cause the first movement is infinite, not contingent, and lives outside of time and space
What book did Aquinas present this in
Summa Theologica
What is a fallacy of composition
Assuming that two similar objects would have the same characteristics
How does fallacy of composition get applied to the cosmological argument
It assumes that the universe had a starting point where it may just be infinite.
Does the fallacy of composition strengthen or weaken the argument
weaken
What is the main strength to the argument
It uses logical empirical evidence to reach its conclusion.
How would David Hume describe the universe
It is just brute fact and thats that
Where does Hume say we get knowledge from
Experiences
How does Hume say we cant have knowledge of the universe
We had no direct experience of its beginning
