PPT-Cosmological Argument: Philosophical Criticisms

Cosmological Criticisms Hume 17111776 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. 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 . 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. Andrii Neronov. University of Geneva. Durrer. & AN, . A&ARev. , 21, 62 (2013) . Overview . Magnetic fields in astronomy and cosmology. Characterization. of cosmological magnetic fields. Generation. History and Present Status. . Motivated by . the book. :. Breakthrough Beyond the Edge of the World. Valery . Rubakov. Alexei . Starobinsky. Andrei . Linde. Vyacheslav. . Mukhanov. Vladimir . Lukash. 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:. naturalness and . supersymmetry. Natsumi. Nagata. E-ken Summer school. September 04, 2012. Task. 発表は、. M. １にも分かる内容を混ぜつつ、新しい内容まで発表することが目標です。. PHIL 2000. 1. st. Term 2016. Instructor. Dr. Michael Johnson. You can call me . Michael. If you must, . Dr. Johnson. About Me. From San Antonio, TX, U.S.A.. Undergraduate degree (B.A. philosophy): University of Texas- Austin (2003).. History and Present Status. . Motivated by . the book. :. Breakthrough Beyond the Edge of the World. Valery . Rubakov. Alexei . Starobinsky. Andrei . Linde. Vyacheslav. . Mukhanov. Vladimir . Lukash. 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. 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 . 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. Existence. (. Arguments based on observation). A posteriori arguments. The Teleological Argument: Aquinas, Paley, Anthropic . Telos. = Greek for order/end/ purpose. Based on design/ order in the universe. 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: . PHI-215 October 2011 IIIEpistemology-the structure of knowledge AExistentialism BPragmatism CRationalism DVision Seeking ESatori IVMetaphysics AFree will and determinism BIdealism CEmpiricism DMateria