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And if he is an academic philosopher like Le Poidevin or Dennett who is professionally obligated to know these things and to eschew cheap debating tricks, then… well, you do the math.<ref>[http://edwardfeser.blogspot.com/2011/07/so-you-think-you-understand.html So you think you understand the cosmological argument?] By Edward Feser. Saturday, July 16, 2011 </ref>|}} | And if he is an academic philosopher like Le Poidevin or Dennett who is professionally obligated to know these things and to eschew cheap debating tricks, then… well, you do the math.<ref>[http://edwardfeser.blogspot.com/2011/07/so-you-think-you-understand.html So you think you understand the cosmological argument?] By Edward Feser. Saturday, July 16, 2011 </ref>|}} | ||
Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) thought the beginning of the universe could not be understood by way of philosophical arguments but rather by divine revelation.<ref>[http://edwardfeser.blogspot.com/2011/07/so-you-think-you-understand.html So you understand the cosmological argument?] By Edward Feser. Objection 3</ref> This fact of the Aquinas [[worldview]] is why defenders of the cosmological argument do not consider their philosophizing about it requires a beginning of the universe and time. Philosophy cannot approach the question about the beginning of the universe according to Aquinas, one of the if not the most famous defender of the cosmological argument. | |||
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===Kalam=== | ===Kalam=== | ||
The kalam cosmological argument is different from traditional versions of the cosmological argument. The kalam calls for a first cause to actual time itself. It retains the traditional feel because it still retains the need to endure existence of the world, but in conjunction with the position that it is the first cause as well. | |||
William Lane Craig is the current most prominent defender of the kalam cosmological argument. The argument now gets more specific adding premise 2 that involves the universe. Kalam is essentially that; | William Lane Craig is the current most prominent defender of the kalam cosmological argument. The argument now gets more specific adding premise 2 that involves the universe. Kalam is essentially that; | ||
