Cosmological argument: Difference between revisions
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== Versions of the argument == | == Versions of the argument == | ||
===Kalam cosmological arguement=== | ===Kalam cosmological arguement=== | ||
Premise 1: Whatever begins to exist has a cause. | Premise 1: Whatever begins to exist has a cause. | ||
Premise 2: The universe began to exist. | Premise 2: The universe began to exist. | ||
Premise 3: Therefore, the universe has a cause. | Premise 3: Therefore, the universe has a cause. | ||
Conclusion: Therefore, God is the cause of the universe. | Conclusion: Therefore, God is the cause of the universe. | ||
===Leibnizian cosmological argument=== | ===Leibnizian cosmological argument=== | ||
Premise 1: Anything that exists has an explanation of its existence, either in the necessity of its own nature or in an external explanation. | Premise 1: Anything that exists has an explanation of its existence, either in the necessity of its own nature or in an external explanation. | ||
Premise 2: The universe has an explanation for its existence, and that explanation is grounded in a necessary being. | Premise 2: The universe has an explanation for its existence, and that explanation is grounded in a necessary being. | ||
Premise 3: The universe exists. | Premise 3: The universe exists. | ||
Premise 4: Therefore, the universe has an explanation of its existence (from 1, 3). | Premise 4: Therefore, the universe has an explanation of its existence (from 1, 3). | ||
Premise 5: Therefore, the explanation of the existence of the universe is grounded in a necessary being (from 2, 4). | Premise 5: Therefore, the explanation of the existence of the universe is grounded in a necessary being (from 2, 4). | ||
Conclusion: Therefore, God (a necessary being) exists. | Conclusion: Therefore, God (a necessary being) exists. | ||