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单词 cosmological argument
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cosmological argument


noun Philosophy.

an argument for the existence of God, asserting that the contingency of each entity, and of the universe composed wholly of such entities, demands the admission of an adequate external cause, which is God.
Also called cosmological proof .
Compare first-cause argument.

Words nearby cosmological argument

cosmochemistry, cosmodrome, cosmogony, cosmography, cosmoid, cosmological argument, cosmological constant, cosmological principle, cosmological redshift, cosmology, cosmonaut
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British Dictionary definitions for cosmological argument

cosmological argument

noun

philosophy one of the arguments that purport to prove the existence of God from empirical facts about the universe, esp the argument to the existence of a first causeCompare ontological argument (def. 1), teleological argument
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