Cosmological argument.

... Cosmological Argument The Cosmological Argument tries to prove the existence of God from the existence of the cosmos. The argument works by looking at the laws of the cosmos, determining what the laws are and then looking for something more powerful than the laws that put the laws in place. The argument is a 'a posteriori' argument which means after the facts. The argument is also synthetic because it looks beyond pure definition and relies on evidence to prove it's value. The argument is also said to be inductive because it draws on information away from the definition alone. Plato said that the power to produce movement is logically prior to the power to receive it and pass it on. There must be an uncaused mover/causer to originate the movement. Aristotle said 'ex nihilo nihil fit' which means 'out of nothing, nothing comes'. From these ancient philosophers stemmed the

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