Cosmological Argument in the West

جستارهایی در فلسفه و کلام

Article 1, Volume 40, Issue 2 - Serial Number 81, November 2008, Pages 12-37   

Document Type: Original Article

DOI: 10.22067/philosophy.v40i2.3169

Author

Sayyid Murtaḍā Ḥusaynī Shāhrūdī^*

Abstract

Cosmological argument has been one of the most significant philosophical and theological arguments in religious traditions of different religions. In the western Theo-philosophical tradition, there have been both different interpretations and numerous criticisms presented about this argument. In this article, the most important of those arguments and their criticisms are both taken into consideration, and where necessary, the degree of validity of the criticisms has been pointed out, as well.

Keywords

Cosmo-philosophical; sufficient evidence; causality; prima cause; possibility

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