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The 14 pages that link to Cosmological argument, each with the reason it gives.

• TheismRelated: It reasons from the world's existence toward a divine source.

• Natural theologyBroader topic: It reasons from the world's existence toward a divine source or explanation.

• CreationRelated: It turns the universe's existence into a philosophical argument for a creator.

• Philosophy of religionBroader topic: It moves from the universe's existence or causal history toward a divine explanation.

• GodRelated: Some versions infer God from the existence of the universe.

• Ontological argumentCompared with: Unlike the ontological argument, it starts from facts about the world.

• Principle of Sufficient ReasonNarrower topic: The principle underlies versions that seek an ultimate explanation for the cosmos.

• Christian philosophyRelated: Christian philosophers use it to reason from creation or contingency toward God.

• Classical theismRelated: Classical theists use such arguments to infer a necessary source of contingent reality.

• Teleological argumentCompared with: Unlike teleological reasoning, it begins from existence or causation rather than apparent order.

• Infinite regressRelated: Its defenders and critics debate whether causes can extend infinitely into the past.

• Existence of GodRelated: It infers a divine source from the existence or contingency of the universe.

• Gārgī VāchaknavīRelated: Gārgī asks what supports the world, pressing beyond each successive answer.

• PandeismRelated: Pandeism offers one account of what a proposed first cause becomes after creation.