cosmological argument

noun

, Philosophy.

1. 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.

cosmological argument

noun

1. See ontological argument, teleological 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 teleological argument

Example Sentences

In common with the vast majority of mankind, we hold that the cosmological argument is complete in itself.

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The cosmological argument contends that if anything exists, there must also exist an absolutely necessary being.

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It is impossible to keep the tiological argument entirely separate either from the ontological or cosmological argument.

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Upon this perfectly natural—but not on that account reliable—inference does the cosmological argument rest.

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Only the transcendental freedom of the cosmological argument can be reckoned as among the open possibilities.

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