Aquinas’ Cosmological Argument Strengths and Weaknesses

• What are the weaknesses of Aquinas' argument being a posteriori?


  We have no direct experience of the creation of the universe so we cannot prove how it was created
• What are the weaknesses of the Big Bang Theory supporting a start?

  Fred Hoyle argued that there is a scientific theory that reconciles the idea of infinity rather than a single starting point
• What are the weaknesses of Occam's Razor?


  The simplest explanation is not always the correct one
• What is the Fallacy of Composition?


  Inferring that something is true of the whole because part of it is true
• What are the strengths of Aquinas' argument being a posteriori?


  We all have similar experiences, so it is simple to understand
• How does the Big Bang theory support Aquinas' argument?


  Demonstrates that the universe has a beginning and an end and therefore the universe is not infinite