The Kalam Cosmological Argument

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The Kalam Cosmological Argument is a modern philosophical and theological defense of the claim that the universe has a cause for its beginning, most prominently developed and popularized by Christian philosopher William Lane Craig.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf argument for the existence of God ⓘ
cosmological argument ⓘ
philosophical argument ⓘ
theological argument ⓘ
aimsToShow existence of a personal creator of the universe ⓘ
differsFrom classical cosmological arguments ⓘ
emphasizes temporal beginning of the universe ⓘ
focusesOn causal principle for things that begin to exist ⓘ
hasConclusion Therefore, the universe has a cause ⓘ
hasHistoricalPrecursor Al-Ghazali ⓘ
linked to: al‑Ghazali

Al-Kindi ⓘ
Islamic kalām tradition ⓘ
linked to: Islamic kalam
hasNameOrigin Arabic term kalām (theology, discourse) ⓘ
hasPremise Everything that begins to exist has a cause ⓘ
The universe began to exist ⓘ
hasPrimaryProponent William Lane Craig ⓘ
infersAttributeOfCause enormous power ⓘ
immateriality ⓘ
personal agency ⓘ
spacelessness ⓘ
timelessness (prior to creation) ⓘ
isAssociatedWith Christian apologetics ⓘ
cosmology ⓘ
metaphysics ⓘ
natural theology ⓘ
philosophy of religion ⓘ
isCriticizedBy Adolf Grünbaum ⓘ
Graham Oppy ⓘ
Quentin Smith ⓘ
isCriticizedFor controversial causal principle ⓘ
inferences about the nature of the cause ⓘ
isDebatedIn contemporary analytic philosophy ⓘ
isDefendedBy William Lane Craig ⓘ
isDefendedIn On Guard (book) ⓘ
linked to: On Guard

Reasonable Faith (book) ⓘ
linked to: Reasonable Faith

The Kalam Cosmological Argument (book) ⓘ
isFormulatedIn syllogistic form ⓘ
isLinkedTo Big Bang cosmology ⓘ
Hilbert's Hotel thought experiment ⓘ
concept of actual infinity ⓘ
thermodynamics ⓘ
isUsedBy Christian apologists ⓘ
isUsedIn debates on atheism and theism ⓘ
originatedIn medieval Islamic philosophy ⓘ
supportsConclusion The universe has a transcendent cause ⓘ
usesSupportFrom philosophical arguments against an actual infinite past ⓘ
scientific evidence for a beginning of the universe ⓘ
wasSystematicallyReformulatedBy William Lane Craig ⓘ

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William Lane Craig → hasWritten → The Kalam Cosmological Argument ⓘ
William Lane Craig → hasWritten → The Kalām Cosmological Argument, Volume 1 ⓘ
linked to: The Kalam Cosmological Argument
William Lane Craig → hasWritten → The Kalām Cosmological Argument, Volume 2 ⓘ
linked to: The Kalam Cosmological Argument
Creation out of Nothing → relatedWork → The Kalam Cosmological Argument ⓘ
God Over All → relatedWorkAuthor → The Kalam Cosmological Argument ⓘ
Reasonable Faith → relatedWorkByAuthor → The Kalam Cosmological Argument ⓘ
Kalam Cosmological Argument → isDefendedIn → The Kalam Cosmological Argument (book) ⓘ
subject linked to: The Kalam Cosmological Argument
linked to: The Kalam Cosmological Argument