Cosmology
an account or theory of the origin and development of the universe
Infinite regress
a chain going infinitely back in time with no beginning
The First Way – Motion Argument
Nothing can move itself, since nothing can be both mover and moved, yet things are in motion; an infinite chain of movers that has no beginning can have no successive or ultimate movers; there must therefore be a first mover that causes motion in all things, and this we call God
The Second Way – Causes and Effects Argument
God is the first cause of all that exists
The Third Way – from Contingency and necessity
The argument is that if the universe can exist or not exist ie. its contingent then at one point it didn't so can't create itself. It needs an necessary cause of its existence- God
Contingent
depending on something else
Necessary
the opposite of contingent; a being that has no cause and depends on nothing for its continued existence
Necessary Existence:
This idea, sometimes referred to as ‘aseity’, refers to a being whose existence depends on no other being.
Principle of Sufficient Existence:
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