The cosmological argument (OCR A-Level Religious Studies): Flashcards
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Type of argument - Cosmological Arg.
Type of argument - Cosmological Arg.
Inductive argument
Cosmological Arg. - knowledge basis?
Cosmological Arg. - knowledge basis?
A Posteriori - based on experience
Cosmological Arg. - theology approach?
Cosmological Arg. - theology approach?
Natural theology - uses rational/scientific evidence
Aquinas' First Way name?
Aquinas' First Way name?
Unmoved Mover (or Prime Mover)
First Way - things move from what to what?
First Way - things move from what to what?
Potentiality to actuality
First Way conclusion?
First Way conclusion?
First Mover = God
Aquinas' Second Way name?
Aquinas' Second Way name?
Uncaused Causer
Second Way - can something cause its own existence?
Second Way - can something cause its own existence?
No, nothing can cause its own existence
Second Way conclusion?
Second Way conclusion?
First Cause = God
Third Way - contingent existence meaning?
Third Way - contingent existence meaning?
Relies on something else for existence
Third Way - what being started the chain?
Third Way - what being started the chain?
Necessary being (God)
Strength - what does cosmological arg. establish?
Strength - what does cosmological arg. establish?
God's necessity
Fallacy of composition - who argues this weakness?
Fallacy of composition - who argues this weakness?
Hume and Russell
Hume's view on necessary being?
Hume's view on necessary being?
Rejects the possibility of a necessary being
Hume on infinite regress?
Hume on infinite regress?
Hard to imagine ≠ impossible