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William Lane Craig (born 1949), who revived the Kalam cosmological argument during the 20th and 21st centuries. The Kalam cosmological argument is a modern formulation of the cosmological argument for the existence of God. It is named after the Kalam (medieval Islamic scholasticism) from which many of its key ideas originated. [1]
The Kalām Cosmological Argument is a 1979 book by the philosopher William Lane Craig, in which the author offers a contemporary defense of the Kalām cosmological argument and argues for the existence of God, with an emphasis on the alleged metaphysical impossibility of an infinite regress of past events. First, Craig argues that the universe ...
A cosmological argument can also sometimes be referred to as an argument from universal causation, an argument from first cause, the causal argument or the prime mover argument. The concept of causation is a principal underpinning idea in all cosmological arguments, particularly in affirming the necessity for a First Cause .
This would support the Kalam cosmological argument, backing up the premise that the universe began to exist. [1] In 2018, Pruss provided a more thorough cosmological argument using causal finitism to motivate a necessary uncaused cause. The argument is as follows: Nothing has an infinite causal history. [Note 1] There are no causal loops.
Many of these papers are contained in the two-volume anthology The Kalām Cosmological Argument (2017), volume 1 covering philosophical arguments for the finitude of the past and volume 2 the scientific evidence for the beginning of the universe. [79] [80]
William Lane Craig, The Kalam Cosmological Argument, 1979; Alvin Plantinga, "Is Belief in God Properly Basic?", 1981; Jean-Luc Marion, God Without Being, 1982; J. L. Mackie, The Miracle of Theism: Arguments for and against the Existence of God, 1982; John Hick, An Interpretation of Religion: Human Responses to the Transcendent, 1989/2004
Since the emergence of the Big Bang theory as the dominant physical cosmological paradigm, there have been a variety of reactions by religious groups regarding its implications for religious cosmologies. Some accept the scientific evidence at face value, some seek to harmonize the Big Bang with their religious tenets, and some reject or ignore ...
Kalam cosmological argument; Kitab al-Tawhid (Al-Maturidi) L. Lubab al-Muhassal; M. ... Media in category "Kalam" The following 2 files are in this category, out of 2 ...