The Cosmological Argument
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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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Yayımlanma Tarihi
20 Haziran 2016
Gönderilme Tarihi
16 Mart 2016
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13 Haziran 2016
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Yıl 2016 Cilt: 19 Sayı: 48 (20-06-2016)