Cosmological Arguments by Michael Almeida

Cosmological Arguments by Michael Almeida

The Element discusses the structure, content, and evaluation of cosmological arguments. The introductory section investigates features essential to cosmological arguments. Traditionally, cosmological arguments are distinguished by their appeal to change, causation, contingency or objective becoming in the world. But none of these is in fact essential to the formulation of cosmological arguments. Sections 1-3 present a critical discussion of traditional Thomistic, Kalam, and Leibnizian cosmological arguments, noting various advantages and disadvantages of these approaches. Section 4 offers an entirely new approach to the cosmological argument - the approach of theistic modal realism. The proper explananda of cosmological arguments on this approach is not change, causation, contingency or objective becoming in the world. The proper explananda is the totality of metaphysical reality - all actualia and all possibilia. The result is the most compelling and least objectionable version of the cosmological argument.

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ISBN 13	9781108456920
ISBN 10	1108456928
Title	Cosmological Arguments
Author	Michael Almeida
Series	Elements In The Philosophy Of Religion
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Year published	2018-08-23
Number of pages	80
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