The Leibnizian Cosmological Argument | (MoR No. 32)

Does contingency give us reason to believe in God? The Leibnizian Cosmological Argument (LCA) answers in the affirmative. In this video, I explain Alex Pruss’ LCA from the Blackwell Companion to Natural Theology.   Like the show? Help it grow! Consider becoming a patron (thanks!):  https://www.patreon.com/majestyofreason If you wanna make a one-time donation or tip (thanks!): https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/josep... Presentation Outline   1 Introduction  2 Principle of Sufficient Reason (PSR)  -----2.1 Self-evidence  -----2.2 Koons-Pruss epistemological argument  -----2.3 Evolution (Induction in science)  -----2.4 Inference to best explanation  -----2.5 Precluding chaos  -----2.6 Nature of modality ----------2.6.1 Narrowly logical account of modality  ----------2.6.2 Lewisian modal realism  ----------2.6.3 Platonic account of modality  ----------2.6.4 Aristotelian-essentialist account of modality  ----------2.6.5 Aristotelian-causal account of modality  ----------2.6.6 The argument -----2.7 Philosophical argumentation 3 Objections to PSR  -----3.1 Modal imagination argument  -----3.2 Van Inwagen’s modal fatalism argument  -----3.3 Quantum mechanics  -----3.4 Contrastive explanation 4 Global Causal Principles (CPs)  -----4.1 Objection: causing the causing  5 Toward a first cause  -----5.1 The PSR  -----5.2 Objections ----------5.2.1 Can we even form BCCF?  ----------5.2.2 HECP  ----------5.2.3 Taxicab Problem  -----5.3 CP for wholly contingent states 6 The Gap Problem  -----6.1 Agency  -----6.2 Goodness  -----6.3 Divine Simplicity?  -----6.4 Gellman’s argument for uniqueness and omnipotence Links  Pruss, “The Leibnizian Cosmological Argument”: http://alexanderpruss.com/papers/LCA....    Craig and Moreland, “The Blackwell Companion to Natural Theology”: https://www.difa3iat.com/wp-content/u...J._P._Moreland_The_BlackwellBookZZ.org-2.pdf Baddorf, “Di