The Cosmological Argument
Journal Title: Dini Araştırmalar -Altı Aylık Bilimsel Dergi- - Year 2016, Vol 19, Issue 48
Abstract
The Cosmological Argument which is based on the explanation of the universe known as cosmos is the theistic argument. The starting point of Plato’s and Aristotle’s arguments is to inquire the origin of the movement in the universe. The Cosmological Argument was constituted in the form of the Argument from Contingency by Al- Farabi, the First Cause Argument by Ibn Sina and the Kalam Cosmological Argument by Al-Ghazali. The causality which is one of the important concepts of the argument was criticized by Al-Ghazali before David Hume and the necessity of relation between cause and effect was denied by him. But he warranted our knowledge about universe and did not allow for randomness by attributing our knowledge about cause and effect to Allah’s creation. The new theories in physics about the nature and the beginning of the universe reveal new forms of argument. Leibniz constituted one of the most strong versions of the argument with the Principle of Suffi cient Reason. A modern version of the Cosmological Argument was developed by one of the contemporary philosophers, Richard Swinburne. In his inductive argument, when the universe and its facts are added to the hypothesis of God’s existence, it increases the probability of that hypothesis. Indication of high probability of inductive cosmological argument makes it a good justifi cation for our belief in God. In this article some concepts related to Cosmological Argument are analyzed and various versions of the argument are examined.
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Metin Pay
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