PHIL 2297 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Summa Theologica, Cosmological Argument, Intelligent Designer
2 Oct 2016
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Ontological: move from idea of god, thus it must actually exist in the world. (apriori ) Kant; no, you can"t move from concept to existence. Cosmological argument: start with observation of the world, change, movement, causation,: needs explanation: Based on evidence we gather from our senses/. Compendium of theological teachings of catholic church. 5 ways= 5 arguments to show that god exists. 1st 3 ways= versions of the comoslogical argument. Which helps you understand the nature of god,etc. But, he didn"t think this argument would convince the atheist, just to assist the believer. Conclude there must be a first cause/changer/mover. There are 3 possible ways to explain something: explained by itself, explained by another, explained by nothing. Aquinas insists that c is not a real possibility. An infinite series would violate psr(b) . Why is there an infinite series of causes.
