PPT-The Cosmological Argument

AS Background to the Argument A classical theistic proof for the existence of God Supports the concept of the God of classical theism omni words Accepts that the cosmos is contingent upon a prior being to bring it into existence. Victorian Atheist Society. East Melbourne. April 9, 2013. The Argument. 1. Whatever began had a cause. (Premise). 2. Natural reality began. (Premise). 3. (Therefore) Natural reality had a cause . (From 1, 2). 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. . Lakeside institute of Theology. Apologetics . (CM4). The Existence of God I. February 13, 2015. Apologetics. . (CM4). . Jan. 30 – Introduction to Apologetics. Feb. 6 – Reliability of Witnesses . ‘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. By the end of Chapter 2 we had made it to 1840 with the discovery of stellar parallax and correspondingly ridiculously large distances to the stars.. At this point, it is useful to introduce a device, similar to the Evil Genius device of Descartes, known as the Random Alien Test (or RAT). Under the RAT device, an alien spontaneously appears and asks random planetary inhabitants basic knowledge questions about the Universe that any "intelligent civilization" would know. So, in 1840 the RAT question would be:. 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.. Michael Lacewing. enquiries@alevelphilosophy.co.uk. © 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. (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: . homgeneity. of the universe.. 2. understand how Hubble’s law is used to map the universe, and look back in time.. 3. Know each of the major predictions of the Big Bang theory, and corresponding confirmations by observation.. 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.