PHIL 101 Lecture : Cosmological Arguments P1
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Does god exist? (1) cosmological arguments (2) teleological arguments (design) (3) ontological arguments (metaphysics: cosmological arguments: are often referred to as first-cause arguments". P1: some things in the world are in motion. P2: everything in motion is put in motion by something else. P3: causes (what he calls potentiality ) must precede their effects ( actuality ). P4: there are no infinite cause-effect chains. (the chain must stop somewhere, otherwise there would be no first cause of motion, and hence, no subsequent causes) C1: hence, there is a first cause of this change. P2: in the natural world, every event has a cause, and no event causes itself. P3: in the natural world, causes must precede their effects. P4: in the natural world, there are no infinite cause-effect chains. C1: hence, there is an entity that exists outside of nature (a supernatural being) that causes the first event that occurs in the natural world.
