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a posteriori |
on the basis of experience used of an argument, such as the cosmological argument which is based on experience or empirical |
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aesthetic |
Relating to beauty |
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Aquina, Thomas St |
(1225-1274)- the 13th century Dominican Priest, commonly regarded as the most influential philosopher and theologian of the Roman. Catholic Church. The works he's best known as Summa Theological in which he summarised five arguments (The Five Ways) for the existence of God. |
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Argument |
a set of statements which is such that one of them (the conclusion) is supported or implied by the others (the premises) |
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beings |
not just human beings but anything that has a property |
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classical theism |
the belief in a personal deity, creator of everything that exists, who is distinct from that creation and is sustainer and preserver. |
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contingent beings |
beings that depend upon something else for their existence. They have the property that they need not be or could have been |
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cosmological argument |
argument for the existence of God based on the existence of the universe; commonly associated with Aquinas' concepts of motion, causality and contingency |
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Craig, William Lane |
William Lane Craig (1949) one of the proponents of the modern day Kalam aspect of the cosmological Argument for the existence of God |
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Cumulative arguments |
a collection of arguments which, when formed together, present a stronger case than when the arguments stand alone. |
