The Cosmological Argument

Volume: 19 Number: 48 (20-06-2016) June 20, 2016
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The Cosmological Argument

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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Turkish

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Metin Pay This is me

Publication Date

June 20, 2016

Submission Date

March 16, 2016

Acceptance Date

June 13, 2016

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Year 2016 Volume: 19 Number: 48 (20-06-2016)

APA
Pay, M. (2016). Kozmolojik Delil. Dini Araştırmalar, 19(48 (20-06-2016), 25-52. https://doi.org/10.15745/da.97480
AMA
1.Pay M. Kozmolojik Delil. THE JOURNAL OF RELIGIOUS STUDIES. 2016;19(48 (20-06-2016):25-52. doi:10.15745/da.97480
Chicago
Pay, Metin. 2016. “Kozmolojik Delil”. Dini Araştırmalar 19 (48 (20-06-2016): 25-52. https://doi.org/10.15745/da.97480.
EndNote
Pay M (June 1, 2016) Kozmolojik Delil. Dini Araştırmalar 19 48 (20-06-2016) 25–52.
IEEE
[1]M. Pay, “Kozmolojik Delil”, THE JOURNAL OF RELIGIOUS STUDIES, vol. 19, no. 20-06, pp. 25–52, June 2016, doi: 10.15745/da.97480.
ISNAD
Pay, Metin. “Kozmolojik Delil”. Dini Araştırmalar 19/20-06 (June 1, 2016): 25-52. https://doi.org/10.15745/da.97480.
JAMA
1.Pay M. Kozmolojik Delil. THE JOURNAL OF RELIGIOUS STUDIES. 2016;19:25–52.
MLA
Pay, Metin. “Kozmolojik Delil”. Dini Araştırmalar, vol. 19, no. 48 (20-06-2016), June 2016, pp. 25-52, doi:10.15745/da.97480.
Vancouver
1.Metin Pay. Kozmolojik Delil. THE JOURNAL OF RELIGIOUS STUDIES. 2016 Jun. 1;19(48 (20-06-2016):25-52. doi:10.15745/da.97480

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