The cosmological argument is a posteriori argument (truth of a proposition may only be known to be true after empirical evidence has been used to prove the proposition true or false), that starts from the existence of the universe (something we experience) and tries to prove from this that God exists. ... Aristotle's Prime Mover appears radically different from the God of most Christians. ... Leibniz (1646-1716) explained the argument according to the principle of sufficient reason. ... However do we have to accept the principle of sufficient reason. ... The Cosmological argument is no...

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Aristotle, Plato's pupil, carried forward the cosmological argument combining it with religion around 360 BC. ... Similar thinkers showed the contradiction of the cosmological argument in reference to infinities: the cosmological argument uses the "impossibility of actual infinities" to prove the existence of an infinite God. ... The lack on evidence for actual infinities cannot be used as proof that the universe is not infinitely old therefore the cosmological argument is based on a fallacy. ... Immanuel Kant was not conformable with the cosmological argument for a completely differe...

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