Cosmological argument: Difference between revisions

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.

Certain versions of the argument attempt to show the [[universe]] as having a beginning like the kalam cosmological argument. It does not assume that there was a beginning however but  demonstrates the premise by appealing to scientific evidence like the [[big bang theory]].