Thomas Aquinas' 5 Ways

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  • Cosmological Argument
    • Argument from motion
      • No infinite regress
        • Is this true? Or is this just a limit to our imagination
          • In maths there are infinite numbers, like the root of 2
      • Everything that is moving must have something that made it move
        • This would create an infinite regress which some believe is impossible
          • No infinite regress
            • Is this true? Or is this just a limit to our imagination
              • In maths there are infinite numbers, like the root of 2
          • Therefore there must be a first mover to start the chain
            • This is God
              • But why is this assumed to be God? It might not be.It makes an inductive leap to God
    • Argument from causation
      • Everything has a cause
        • Like Dominoes need some force to push them. (Not pizza)
      • Nothing can be the cause of itself
        • Like Dominoes need some force to push them. (Not pizza)
        • Therefore there must be a first cause
          • Everything has a cause
            • This is God
              • Why must it be God?
            • Why Can't it go on indefinitely
      • Thomas Aquinas' 5 ways
        • The design argument
          • The world contains order, purpose, regularity and beauty
            • By looking at any object containing these properties, we may infer that it was designed.
              • The world is an object containing these properties
                • So, the world was designed
                  • implies that said designer also must have created pain and suffering, and so raises questions about their morality
                • different people see the pattern and others see chance and coincidence can be based off previous alignment
          • Also called the watchmaker argument
          • A Posteriori
          • Synthetic – meaning it must be tested to be proven
          • inductive argument, meaning that its probabilistic, so this happening give a strong indication of this happening
      • Argument from Contingency
        • Nothing Has to exist
          • So at some it must have not existed
            • So at some point, nothing must have existed
              • Something must have brought things into existence,
                • and that thing must have always existed
                  • This is God
                    • Something must have brought things into existence,
                      • and that thing must have always existed
                        • This is God
                          • Inductive leap to God
                        • Is the concept of a necessary being meaningful, or something humans created
                    • Inductive leap to God
                  • Is the concept of a necessary being meaningful, or something humans created
      • A Posteriori  - draws on evidence
      • The argument cannot explain God, only use God as an explanation
      • Postulate – possible explanation that can't be proven
      • john hick – more economical to say universe just is
        • others think this is the simplest explanation
      • Based on medieval knowledge of science
      • Can't be completely defeated

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