PPT-The Cosmological Argument

PHILRS 335 Going back to the beginning The cosmological argument has its origin in Ancient Greek Philosophy We see versions of the argument in the work of both Plato and Aristotle There of course the argument was not aimed at proving the existence of a theistic divinity but at explaining the origin of the world. Lakeside institute of Theology. Apologetics . (CM4). The Existence of God I. February 13, 2015. Apologetics. . (CM4). . Jan. 30 – Introduction to Apologetics. Feb. 6 – Reliability of Witnesses . Mike Stannett, University of Sheffield (m.stannett@dcs.shef.ac.uk). New Worlds of Computation, LIFO, . Orléans. , 23 May 2011. Outline of talk. Cosmological computation (what is it?). First-order relativity theories (Andréka et al.). and overview of . cosmological arguments. Two examples:. Leibnizian. Kalam. Objections. Outline. Does God Exist?. Why is there something rather than nothing?. Is the Universe eternal?. Introduction. We’re venturing into some deep philosophy and physics. ‘Those who try to prove that God exists a priori are guilty of impious curiosity. For to do that is tantamount to making oneself the god of God, thereby denying the God one seeks.’. Giovanni . Vico. Andrii Neronov. University of Geneva. Durrer. & AN, . A&ARev. , 21, 62 (2013) . Overview . Magnetic fields in astronomy and cosmology. Characterization. of cosmological magnetic fields. Generation. By the end of Chapter 2 we had made it to 1840 with the discovery of stellar parallax and correspondingly ridiculously large distances to the stars.. At this point, it is useful to introduce a device, similar to the Evil Genius device of Descartes, known as the Random Alien Test (or RAT). Under the RAT device, an alien spontaneously appears and asks random planetary inhabitants basic knowledge questions about the Universe that any "intelligent civilization" would know. So, in 1840 the RAT question would be:. History and Present Status. . Motivated by . the book. :. Breakthrough Beyond the Edge of the World. Valery . Rubakov. Alexei . Starobinsky. Andrei . Linde. Vyacheslav. . Mukhanov. Vladimir . Lukash. Get Creative Starter Challenge:. Using . ONLY . the resources that I give you on your desk build me either:. A fully functioning Boeing 747 ready to take passengers to the USA. OR. B) A fully functioning warship ready to protect British Waters this afternoon.. reason. Arguments based on . observation. What are you most struggling with. ?. Write any . questions. on your post it note.. Group Quiz…. Round one: Teleological arguments. What is “Teleological argument”?. Did the universe begin to exist, and if so what caused it?. Defenders. John Philoponus . (circa AD 580). Al-Ghazali . (AD 1058-1111). William Lane Craig. . (present). KCA. Argument:. Everything that . Michael Lacewing. enquiries@alevelphilosophy.co.uk. (c) Michael Lacewing. Descartes’ question. Cosmological arguments usually ask ‘why does anything exist’?. Descartes doubts the existence of everything, and offers his cosmological argument after showing only that he exists. Cosmological Criticisms. Hume. 1711-1776. Empiricist. All knowledge comes from the senses. Imagination makes a connection between cause and effect. We think we know more about the world . than we really do. homgeneity. of the universe.. 2. understand how Hubble’s law is used to map the universe, and look back in time.. 3. Know each of the major predictions of the Big Bang theory, and corresponding confirmations by observation.. Clare Burrage . University of Nottingham. What is dark energy . and how do we find it?. Clare Burrage. University of Nottingham. Outline:. Accelerated expansion and the cosmological constant. Dark energy, scalar fields, and fifth forces.