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Does the Cosmological Argument Depend on the Ontological?
Faith and Philosophy 17 (4):441-458 (2000)
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Does the cosmological argument (CA) depend on the ontological (OA)? That depends. If the OA is an argument “from mere concepts,” then no; if the OA is an argument from possibility, then yes. That is my main thesis. Along the way, I explore a number of subsidiary themes, among them, the nature of proof in metaphysics, and what Kant calls the “mystery of absolute necessity.”Author's Profile
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