Philosophy › Section F · Metaphysics › Topic F.6
Cosmology and the existence of God
Can reason alone show whether God exists? Philosophers in many traditions have built arguments from the existence and order of the world, from morality and from the very idea of God, and others have answered with powerful objections, above all the problem of evil. This topic sets out both sides; it does not decide between them.
In this topic
- The question and its terms
- Cosmological arguments
- Worked example: the kalam argument
- Design arguments
- The moral argument
- Anselm's ontological argument
- Worked example: testing Anselm
- Arguments in Indian philosophy
- The problem of evil
- Responses to the problem of evil
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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