Aquinas, 13th century Italian Dominican friar and priest, theologian, and philosopher., Inductive reasoning, reasoning /knowledge which proceeds from observations or experiences to the inference of general principles, Cosmological Argument, Aquinas' first 3 ways, First Way, Argument from motion, Aquinas defines 'motion' as, a change of state (from potentiality to actuality), Aristotle's example of motion, Marble & statue, Aquinas's example of motion, Fire & Wood log, In the 1st way, God is called, Unmoved Mover, Second Way, Argument from Causality, Things cannot cause themselves, to do so they would have to be prior to themselves, In the 2nd Way, God is, the First Cause, Third Way, Argument from Contingency, Given infinite time, there coudl be a time when nothing existed, Since all existing things are contingent, there should be a necessary being, God is called 'necessary', He always exists, Craig was inspired by, Al Ghazali, Al Ghazali, Islamic philosopher (11th c), Kalam argument, Premise 1: Everything that begins to exist has a cause. Premise 2: The universe began to exist.. Conclusion : Therefore, the universe has a cause., Craig concludes that the universe is caused by, a personal creator, The creator of teh universe is personal, because he has agency /free will

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