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    Since all is determined on an absolute explanation, these... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Traditional defenders of the cosmological argument cannot invoke the requirement of an absolute explanation.

    Since all is determined on an absolute explanation, these problems arise from the conjunction of an absolutist PSR with actualist realism (only the actual is real).

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    Michael Almeida (2018) builds on the critical arguments of van Inwagen and others regarding the PSR. He contends that the version of the PSR used by defenders of the cosmological argument is inadequate because it fails to provide the best explanation for the universe. The best explanation, and hence the one required of a sound cosmological argument, is an absolute explanation, where everything is explained completely. There are no brute or contingent facts. He notes that in constructing their respective cosmological arguments, Pruss and Swinburne reject absolute explanation for complete explan...

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