PHIL 1050 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Kalam Cosmological Argument, Cosmological Argument, Teleological Argument
12 Apr 2016
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Kalam cosmological argument, not just one argument. Most often associated with st. thomas aquinas. Gave five proofs for god"s existence, and first three fall under cosmological. Presented in muslim philosopher, al-ghazali, in medieval times argument. Natural theology, humans can discover through reason even with the human mind. When aquinas talks about motion it is the movement from potentiality to actuality. Medieval way of talking about a change in an object"s condition. Final causation (explaining appealing to purposes) or efficient causation (something happening before the thing you are trying to explain that made that thing happen) Principle of sufficient reason: any object there must be some explanation for its existence. Why not allow for an infinite regress of earlier causes. Part a: ten multiple choice questions (1 mark each) Part b: four of seven short answer questions (five marks each, total of twenty marks for part b) Part c: one of three essay questions (total of twenty marks)
