intro to CA Flashcards
1
Q
what does cosmos mean?
A
universe
2
Q
who made the cosmological argument?
A
St Thomas Aquinas
3
Q
what are the 3 key questions within CA?
A
how did the universe begin?
why was the universe created?
who created the universe?
4
Q
what is another name for the CA?
A
First Cause Argument
5
Q
what type of argument is CA?
posteriori or priori
A
posteriori
6
Q
what are Aquinas’ 3 ways?
A
unmoved mover
uncaused causer
contingency and necessity
7
Q
explain Aquinas’ second way:
A
nothing could be the cause of itself because it would have to exist before it existed
must have been a first ‘uncaused cause’
8
Q
what does efficient cause mean?
A
a being which brings things into existence
