The Kalam Cosmological Argument, Volume 1: Philosophical Arguments for the Finitude of the Past

ISBN-13: 9781501330797 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 336 str.

Paul Copan; William Lane Craig

Opis

The kalam cosmological argument is a significant and much-discussed natural theological argument. The argument aims to show that an infinite temporal regress of events is impossible and that therefore the universe began to exist (out of nothing) a finite time ago. In conjunction with the causal principle that whatever begins to exist has a cause, this fact implies that the universe has a transcendent cause of its existence. Championed historically by Muslim, Jewish, and Christian philosophers alike, the argument has enjoyed a contemporary resurgence of interest among philosophers and theologians largely due to the defense of the argument by William Lane Craig and the debate generated by his work. This volume collects together the best recent work, both philosophical and scientific, on the premises and conclusion of the kalam cosmological argument.