Read the words and discuss what you think they might mean before revealing the definition.
Read the words and discuss what you think they might mean before revealing the definition.
The cosmological argument – Page 3
Motion– the process by which an object acquires a new form.
Infinite regression– a chain of events that goes backwards forever.
Efficient cause– that which causes change and motion to start or stop. In many cases, this is simply the thing that brings something about.
Beings– not just human beings but anything that has a property.
Property– nature or character.
Contingent beings– beings that depend upon something else for their existence. They have the property that they need not be, or could have been different.
Necessary beings– beings which, if they exist, cannot not exist; beings which are not dependent on any other for their existence.
Principle of sufficient reason– there is some sort of explanation, known or unknown, for everything.
Actual infinity– a completed unity eg an actual infinity of time would be an infinite number of moments in the past and in the future.