cosmological argument
an argument for the existence of God, asserting that the contingency of each entity, and of the universe composed wholly of such entities, demands the admission of an adequate external cause, which is God.
- Also called cosmological proof .
- Compare first-cause argument.
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How to use cosmological argument in a sentence
In common with the vast majority of mankind, we hold that the cosmological argument is complete in itself.
The cosmological argument contends that if anything exists, there must also exist an absolutely necessary being.
It is impossible to keep the tiological argument entirely separate either from the ontological or cosmological argument.
Theism | Robert FlintUpon this perfectly natural—but not on that account reliable—inference does the cosmological argument rest.
The Critique of Pure Reason | Immanuel KantOnly the transcendental freedom of the cosmological argument can be reckoned as among the open possibilities.
A Commentary to Kant's 'Critique of Pure Reason' | Norman Kemp Smith
British Dictionary definitions for cosmological argument
philosophy one of the arguments that purport to prove the existence of God from empirical facts about the universe, esp the argument to the existence of a first cause: Compare ontological argument (def. 1), teleological argument
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