The Cosmological Argument

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The Cosmological Argument

• A posteriori
• Aquinas 5 ways
• Ways 1-3 Cosmological Arg
• God as unmoved mover, uncaused cause, necessary
  being

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The Cosmological Argument

• Ways 1-2 The Causal Argument
• Everything which exists has a cause, therefore
  the universe itself must have a cause, ergo God.
• Way 3 The Contingency Argument
• A world consisting of a series of dependent,
  temporary beings could not exist on its own.