PPT-The Cosmological Argument

Kalam Argument Learning objective To be able to analyse the Kalam form of the Cosmological Argument Learning outcomes Outline and explain the key points and key words Explain the library example. http://leandros.physics.uoi.gr. Department of Physics. University of . Ioannina. Open page. Collaborators:. . I. Antoniou (. Ioannina. ). J. . Bueno. -Sanchez (Madrid). J. Grande (Barcelona) . S. . and overview of . cosmological arguments. Two examples:. Leibnizian. Kalam. Objections. Outline. Does God Exist?. Why is there something rather than nothing?. Is the Universe eternal?. Introduction. We’re venturing into some deep philosophy and physics. What if God does not exist?. What do Australians believe about the existence of God?. Arguments for God’s existence. Arguments against God’s existence. What does the Bible say?. What if God does exist?. PHIL/RS 335. Going back to the beginning.. The cosmological argument has its origin in Ancient Greek Philosophy.. We see versions of the argument in the work of both Plato and Aristotle.. There, of course, the argument was not aimed at proving the existence of a theistic divinity, but at explaining the origin of the world.. ‘Those who try to prove that God exists a priori are guilty of impious curiosity. For to do that is tantamount to making oneself the god of God, thereby denying the God one seeks.’. Giovanni . Vico. Get Creative Starter Challenge:. Using . ONLY . the resources that I give you on your desk build me either:. A fully functioning Boeing 747 ready to take passengers to the USA. OR. B) A fully functioning warship ready to protect British Waters this afternoon.. What is the Cosmological argument?. Cosmological: Referring to the origin and structure of the universe.. The cosmological argument tries to prove that there is a perfect and well ordered universe, and a world in which we live (cosmos), rather than nothingness, because God brought the cosmos into existence. Theists argue that the universe is perfect because it was created by God and is not the result of random chance (the big bang theory).. Ue. -Li Pen. Tingting. Lu. Olivier Dore. Cosmological Errors. How do we know errors on measurement and theory?. For Gaussian field, P(k) is 2-PCF, its error (Fisher) is 4-PCF, and the error on Fisher is 8-PCF.. Michael Lacewing. enquiries@alevelphilosophy.co.uk. (c) Michael Lacewing. Descartes’ question. Cosmological arguments usually ask ‘why does anything exist’?. Descartes doubts the existence of everything, and offers his cosmological argument after showing only that he exists. Michael Lacewing. enquiries@alevelphilosophy.co.uk. Descartes’ question. Cosmological arguments usually ask ‘why does anything exist’?. Descartes doubts the existence of everything, and offers his cosmological argument after showing only that he . Cosmological Criticisms. Hume. 1711-1776. Empiricist. All knowledge comes from the senses. Imagination makes a connection between cause and effect. We think we know more about the world . than we really do. Alexander . Polnarev. QMUL, School of Physics and Astronomy, London, UK. Tarusa. , 10 September 2015. Talk Overview:. Introduction: . Free electrons + Anisotropy = Polarization. The History of Polarization in Cosmology: . Giovanni Manfredi. Centre National de la . Recherche. . Scientifique. Institut. de Physique et . Chimie. des . Matériaux. de Strasbourg. Gabriel Chardin. , CNRS, France . Bruce Miller. , Texas Christian University, USA. Clare Burrage . University of Nottingham. What is dark energy . and how do we find it?. Clare Burrage. University of Nottingham. Outline:. Accelerated expansion and the cosmological constant. Dark energy, scalar fields, and fifth forces.