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Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the Cosmological Argument The Cosmological Argument is an 'a posteriori argument'. Therefore, the strengths and weaknesses of the Cosmological Argument, are the strengths and weaknesses of 'a posteriori' reasoning. 'A posteriori reasoning is 'arguing to a conclusion from our experience of the world'. The most famous expression of the Cosmological Arguments is found in what are known as Saint Thomas Aquinas' 'Five Ways,' seen as proofs of God's existence but since 'a posteriori' reasoning can only offer us probability, and not conclusive proof, then we need to clarify what exactly these arguments are attempting to do and how much do they work doing what they are actually trying to do. There are two forms of the Cosmological argument. The first of these is the 'Kalam Argument', also known as the 'First Cause Argument'. This is the simplest expression of the Cosmological Argument. William Lane Craig, a...

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