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Does God Exist? | Prof. Michael Gorman

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Aquinas' Argument for God's Existence

Aquinas doesn't start from a definition of God at all. He thinks that we can't really get an adequate definition of God's essence. Instead, Aquinas reasons from effect to cause. Is this a good argument? No. But why is it a bad argument? You might say it's because we can't reason from effects to causes in the first place.

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