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The Kalam cosmological argument is a modern formulation of the cosmological argument for the existence of God. It is named after the Kalam (medieval Islamic scholasticism), from which its key ideas originated.
The Kalām Cosmological Argument is a 1979 book by the philosopher William Lane Craig, in which the author offers a contemporary defense of the Kalām cosmological argument and argues for the existence of God, with an emphasis on the alleged metaphysical impossibility of an infinite regress of past events.
- William Lane Craig
- 1979
13 de jul. de 2004 · The cosmological argument is less a particular argument than an argument type. It uses a general pattern of argumentation ( logos ) that makes an inference from particular alleged facts about the universe ( cosmos ) to the existence of a unique being, generally identified with or referred to as God.
Because of its historic roots in medieval Islamic theology, I christened the argument “the kalam cosmological argument” (“ kalam ” is the Arabic word for medieval theology). Today this argument, largely forgotten since the time of Kant, is once again back at center stage.
Offers a refreshing discussion of the kalam cosmological argument. Advances a detailed critique of the argument based on the impossibility of an actual infinite. Presents a unique analysis of Platonism and of temporal becoming. Draws on very recent and first English translations previously unavailable to scholars.
- Jacobus Erasmus
9 de jul. de 2015 · The medieval kalām argument is but one in a family of cosmological arguments that reasons from some aspect of the world to the existence of a fundamentally different sort of being in God, whose exercise of causal power accounts for the relevant phenomenon in need of explanation.
21 de out. de 2015 · The Kalām Cosmological Argument, the Big Bang, and Atheism. Published: 21 October 2015. Volume 31 , pages 323–335, ( 2016 ) Cite this article. Download PDF. John J. Park. 1268 Accesses. 3 Citations. Explore all metrics. Abstract.
