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A cosmological proof is called a posteriori because:
{ 1 } - it argues from cause to effect.
{ 2 } - it argues from the beauty of the world to the existence of God.
{ 3 } - it argues from God to the existence of the cosmos.
{ 4 } - it argues from an idea that is gained before sense experience.
{ 5 } - it argues from a sense experience to a cause that precedes it.
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A cosmological proof is called a posteriori because:
{ 1 } - it argues from cause to effect.
{ 2 } - it argues from the beauty of the world to the existence of God.
{ 3 } - it argues from God to the existence of the cosmos.
{ 4 } - it argues from an idea that is gained before sense experience.
{ 5 } - it argues from a sense experience to a cause that precedes it.
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A cosmological proof is called a posteriori because:
{ 1 } - it argues from cause to effect.
{ 2 } - it argues from the beauty of the world to the existence of God.
{ 3 } - it argues from God to the existence of the cosmos.
{ 4 } - it argues from an idea that is gained before sense experience.
{ 5 } - it argues from a sense experience to a cause that precedes it.
This sort of argument is cosmological, but not all cosmological arguments argue from beauty.
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A cosmological proof is called a posteriori because:
{ 1 } - it argues from cause to effect.
{ 2 } - it argues from the beauty of the world to the existence of God.
{ 3 } - it argues from God to the existence of the cosmos.
{ 4 } - it argues from an idea that is gained before sense experience.
{ 5 } - it argues from a sense experience to a cause that precedes it.
Vice versa.
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A cosmological proof is called a posteriori because:
{ 1 } - it argues from cause to effect.
{ 2 } - it argues from the beauty of the world to the existence of God.
{ 3 } - it argues from God to the existence of the cosmos.
{ 4 } - it argues from an idea that is gained before sense experience.
{ 5 } - it argues from a sense experience to a cause that precedes it.
No, that would be an a priori proof.
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A cosmological proof is called a posteriori because:
{ 1 } - it argues from cause to effect.
{ 2 } - it argues from the beauty of the world to the existence of God.
{ 3 } - it argues from God to the existence of the cosmos.
{ 4 } - it argues from an idea that is gained before sense experience.
{ 5 } - it argues from a sense experience to a cause that precedes it.
Yes, "a posteriori" means "from afterwards," and a cosmological proof argues from something that came afterwards, a sensible effect in the world, to God as its cause.
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