PPT-Cosmological Argument

What is the Cosmological argument Cosmological Referring to the origin and structure of the universe The cosmological argument tries to prove that there is a perfect and well ordered universe and a world in which we live cosmos rather than nothingness because God brought the cosmos into existence Theists argue that the universe is perfect because it was created by God and is not the result of random chance the big bang theory. Victorian Atheist Society. East Melbourne. April 9, 2013. The Argument. 1. Whatever began had a cause. (Premise). 2. Natural reality began. (Premise). 3. (Therefore) Natural reality had a cause . (From 1, 2). 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.). What if God does not exist?. What do Australians believe about the existence of God?. Arguments for God’s existence. Arguments against God’s existence. What does the Bible say?. What if God does exist?. 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.. Ue. -Li Pen. Tingting. Lu. Olivier Dore. Cosmological Errors. How do we know errors on measurement and theory?. For Gaussian field, P(k) is 2-PCF, its error (Fisher) is 4-PCF, and the error on Fisher is 8-PCF.. 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. © 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.. 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. Michael Lacewing. enquiries@alevelphilosophy.co.uk. 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 . Kalam. Argument. Learning objective. To be able to analyse the . Kalam. form of the Cosmological Argument. Learning outcomes. Outline and explain the key points and key words. Explain the library example. 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. Giovanni Manfredi. Centre National de la . Recherche. . Scientifique. Institut. de Physique et . Chimie. des . Matériaux. de Strasbourg. Gabriel Chardin. , CNRS, France . Bruce Miller. , Texas Christian University, USA. in . simulations. of . galaxy. . formation. G. Murante – INAF . OATo. P. Monaco – . Univ. . . Ts. M. Calabrese – SISSA . Ts. G. De Lucia - INAF . OATs. S. . Borgani. – . Univ. . . Ts. K. . 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.