Noûs 43 (1):31-48 (2009)
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This paper provides a taxonomy of cosmological arguments and givesgeneral reasons for thinking that arguments that belong to a given category do not succeed.
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Keywords | cosmological argument theism God argument from contingency causal argument kalam cosmological argument |
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DOI | 10.1111/j.1468-0068.2008.01694.x |
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