Cosmological Argument Essay

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The cosmological argument consists of several arguments that start with the fact that the universe exists and, using inductive reasoning, works down to a conclusion as to how and why the universe exists. The cosmological argument is a posteriori so it uses empirical evidence from the known world to support its conclusion. The kalam cosmological argument, which has its roots in Islam and was revived by contemporary philosopher William Lane Craig, and the first three of St Thomas Aquinas’ five ways are arguments that attempt to prove the existence of God by inferring ‘facts’ concerning causation, motion, contingency and Aquinas’ first way is known as the ‘unmoved mover’, Aquinas observed that everything in the universe is in motion (in the state