The Kalām Cosmological Argument A Reassessment 2nd Edition by Jacobus Erasmus 3319734385 9783319734385

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• ISBN 10:3319734385
• ISBN 13:9783319734385
• Author: Jacobus Erasmus

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.

Table contents:

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

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