Did the Universe Have a Cause?

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This is a presentation of recent work on the Kalam Cosmological Argument for general, non-technical audiences. We examine whether the universe might be uncaused and we examine whether there's a good philosophical or scientific case for the universe's beginning.

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Alex Malpass
University of Bristol
Daniel Linford
University of Exeter

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