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The Kalām Cosmological Argument: A Reassessment

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Title/Author:	The Kalām Cosmological Argument: A Reassessment/ by Jacobus Erasmus.
Author:	Erasmus, Jacobus.
Description:	XIII, 186 p.online resource. :
Contained By:	Springer Nature eBook
Subject:	Classical Studies. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73438-5
ISBN:	9783319734385

The Kalām Cosmological Argument: A Reassessment
Erasmus, Jacobus.

The Kalām Cosmological Argument: A Reassessment[electronic resource] /by Jacobus Erasmus. - 1st ed. 2018. - XIII, 186 p.online resource. - Sophia Studies in Cross-cultural Philosophy of Traditions and Cultures,252211-1107 ;. - Sophia Studies in Cross-cultural Philosophy of Traditions and Cultures,7.

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Philoponus’ Creatio Ex Nihilo Argument -- Chapter 3. Al-Ghazālī’s Kalam Cosmological Argument -- Chapter 4. The Rise of Set Theory and Modern Cosmology -- Chapter 5. Craig’s Kalam Cosmological Argument -- Chapter 6. Problems with the Infinity Argument -- Chapter 7. Philosophical Arguments for a Beginning -- Chapter 8. Can Cosmology Justify Belief in an Eternal Universe? -- Chapter 9. God as the Explanation of the Universe -- Chapter 10. Conclusion.

This book offers a discussion of the kalām cosmological argument, and presents a defence of a version of that argument after critically evaluating three of the most important versions of the argument. It argues that, since the versions of the kalām cosmological argument defended by Philoponus (c. 490–c. 570), al-Ghazālī (1058– 1111), and the contemporary philosopher, William Lane Craig, all deny the possibility of the existence of an actual infinite, these arguments are incompatible with Platonism and the view that God foreknows an endless future. This conclusion, however, is not a problem for the proponents of the kalām cosmological argument, for the book shows how the argument can be defended without denying the possibility of the actual infinite. In order to offer a comprehensive analysis of Philoponus and al-Ghazālī’s cosmological arguments, the book draws on recent English translations of some of their works. Next, the book advances a detailed argument against the popular argument based on the impossibility of an actual infinite. Finally, the book offers a unique defence of the kalām cosmological argument by defending philosophical arguments for a beginning of time that do not deny the actual infinite, evaluating which hypothesis best explains the discoveries of modern cosmology, and offering an argument in support of the premise that, if the universe came into existence, then God brought it into existence.

ISBN: 9783319734385

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-319-73438-5doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

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Classical Studies.

LC Class. No.: BL51

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