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    The necessary being to which the cosmological argument co... — Carmelics
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    The necessary being to which the cosmological argument concludes is God (or at least has properties appropriate to a divine being).

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    • From the concept of a necessary being flow properties appropriate to a divine being.
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    • 1.A necessary being need only possess the property of necessary existence, not omnipotence, omniscience, or moral perfection.
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    • 2.Spinoza's substance and the universe itself qualify as necessary beings without possessing theistically relevant divine attributes.
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    • 3.The inference from 'necessary existence' to 'divine properties' commits a non-sequitur unless additional premises bridge metaphysical necessity and theological perfection.
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    • 1.Hume's Dialogues establishes that the causal principle 'whatever exists has a cause' can terminate at the material universe itself, construed as self-explanatory.
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    • 2.If the universe or its constituent laws can be assigned the status of necessary existence, the cosmological argument underdetermines the conclusion that the necessary being is personal or God.
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    SEP: cosmological-argument
    Siniscalchi 2018
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    Whether 8 and 9 are an intrinsic part of the cosmological argument is debated. Kant argued that the argument had two parts, the first establishing the existence of an absolutely necessary being; the second part, identifying this being as the most real being (1787, B633–40). Without the second part, the concept of a necessary being was empty. The issue achieves significance when the question arises whether the argument has religious significance, that is, whether necessary being to which the argument concludes is God. Some contend that from the concept of a necessary being flow properties appro...
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    Validity: The passage explicitly states that "Some contend that from the concept of a necessary being flow properties appropriate to a divine being," which directly supports the conclusion that the necessary being is God or has divine properties, making this argument present in the source passage.

    Confidence: Clearly attributed claim in the text.

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