Abstract
This paper examines the cosmological argument, as expounded by Alexander R. Pruss and Robert C. Koons. The PSR is the most controversial premise in the cosmological of Sufficient Reason (PSR) says that, necessarily, every contingently true proposition has an explanation. Alexander R. Pruss presented a natural restricted version of the PSR. Also, Robert C. Koons developed new version of cosmological argument based on mereological approach. As a result, cosmological argument still remains viable options for theists
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Abstract
This paper examines the cosmological argument, as expounded by Alexander R. Pruss and Robert C. Koons. The PSR is the most controversial premise in the cosmological argument for the existence of God. The Principle of Sufficient Reason (PSR) says that, necessarily, every contingently true proposition has an explanation. Alexander R. Pruss presented a natural restricted version of the PSR. Also, Robert C. Koons developed new version of cosmological argument based on mereological approach. As a result, cosmological argument still remains viable options for theists.
Keywords
References
- Copleston, F., Russell, B., “The Existence of God-A Debate (BBC 1948), reprinted in
- Russell, Why I am Not a Christian, London, George Allen&Unwin, 1967.
- Davies, S., T., God, Reason & Teistic Proofs, Grand Rapids, Eerdmans, 1997. Edward, Paul,
- Guide and Anthology, Oxford University Press, New York, 2000.
- Hume, D., Din Üstüne, çev. M ete Tuncay, İmge Kitabevi Yayınları, Ankara, 1995.
- Inwagen, Peter van, An Essay on Free Will, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1983.
- Inwagen, Peter van, Metaphysics, Westview Press, USA, 2009.
- Leibniz, G. W., Monadoloji, ç. Suut K.Yetkin, M illi Eğitim Bakanlığı Yayınları, İstanbul, 1997
- Leibniz, G. W., „On the Ultimate Origin of Things‟ Philosophical Essays, ed. Roger Ariew and Daniel Garber, Hackett Publishing Company, Cambridge, 1989.
- Koons, Robert, C., “A New Look At The Cosmological Argument”, American Philosophical Quarterly, 34, 2, 1997.
- M ackie, J.L., The Miracle of Theism, Arguments for and against the Existence of God, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1982.
- Pruss, Alexander R., The Principle of Sufficient Reason, Cambridge University Press, Newyork, 2006.
- Pruss, Alexander R., “A Restricted Principle of Sufficient Reason and the Cosmological Argument” Religious Studies, 40, Cambridge University Press. Pruss, A., Gale, Richard, of Philosophy of Religion, ed. Willim J. Wainwright, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2005.
- Rowe, William, L., The Cosmological Argument, Fordham University Press, New York 19 Rundle, Bede, Why there is Something rather than Nothing, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 200 Taylor, R., Metaphysics, Prentice-Hall, New Jersey, 1983.
- Zagzebski, Linda Trinkaus, The Philosophy of Religion: An Historical Introduction, Wiley- Blackwell, 2007.
- “Cosmological and Design Arguments” The Oxford Handbook
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| Primary Language | Turkish |
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| Journal Section | MAKALELER |
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| Publication Date | January 30, 2013 |
| Published in Issue | Year 2013 Volume: 11 Issue: 1 |
ISSN: 1309-2030 KADER Kelam Araştırmaları Dergisi