Cosmological Review

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Principle of sufficient reason

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Everything has a cause.

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In a sequence of toppling dominoes, what is the cause and what is the effect? Fill in the blanks: The first event is the cause and the resulting event is the effect.

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cause, effect

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True or false: Inductive arguments can express logical certainty.

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False

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What does the example “Every swan I have ever seen is white, so the next swan I see will be white” illustrate about inductive arguments?

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They express likelihood or probability.

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What is Premise 1 of the cosmological argument?

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Observation and experience tell us that everything that exists has a cause.

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What is Premise 2 of the cosmological argument?

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The universe exists.

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What is the conclusion of the cosmological argument?

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Therefore, the universe has a cause (i.e., God).

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Fill in the blank: Premise 1 of the cosmological argument states that observation and experience tell us that everything that exists has a _____.

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cause

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What type of reasoning is used in the cosmological argument?

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A posteriori reasoning

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The cosmological argument is an example of which type of argument?

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Inductive argument