Yet another new cosmological argument
I argue that the existence of a necessary concrete being can be derived from an exceedingly weak causal principle coupled with two contingent truths one of which falls out of very popular positions in contemporary analytic metaphysics. I then show that the argument resists a great many objections co...
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Τύπος μέσου: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Άρθρο |
Γλώσσα: | Αγγλικά |
Έλεγχος διαθεσιμότητας: | HBZ Gateway |
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Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
Έκδοση: |
[2016]
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International journal for philosophy of religion
Έτος: 2016, Τόμος: 80, Τεύχος: 1, Σελίδες: 11-31 |
Άλλες λέξεις-κλειδιά: | B
God
Proof, Cosmological
B Causation B Purely contingent facts B Cosmology B RELIGION & science B Cosmological Argument B Metaphysics B Natural Theology |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
Σύνοψη: | I argue that the existence of a necessary concrete being can be derived from an exceedingly weak causal principle coupled with two contingent truths one of which falls out of very popular positions in contemporary analytic metaphysics. I then show that the argument resists a great many objections commonly lodged against natural theological arguments of the cosmological variety. |
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ISSN: | 1572-8684 |
Περιλαμβάνει: | Enthalten in: International journal for philosophy of religion
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s11153-015-9534-1 |