BONUS | An Abductive Cosmological Argument w/ Paulo Juarez
Summary
What is an abductive argument as opposed to an inductive one? How can one make an abductive cosmological argument for the existence of God? Does this argument lead us to believe the cause of the universe is personal? How would the proponent of this argument respond to several objections? Paulo Juarez joins the podcast to answer these questions and more.
Guest Bio
Paulo Juarez is an independent researcher with an interest in metaphysics, philosophy of religion, and the philosophy of science. He lives in Indiana with his wife and son. Paulo has written several papers, one of which has been published in an international journal (the paper is titled “From the Unity of the World to God: A Teleo-Cosmological Argument for God’s Existence.”) In addition to this, Paulo works as a commercial photographer.
Topics
- How did you get interested in philosophy of religion and natural theology?
- What is an “abductive” argument and what are the main contentions you seek to defend?
- How do you defend those main contentions?
- Why think the transcendent cause of the universe is personal?
- Why do you think an alternative, naturalistic hypothesis is false?
Resources
From the Unity of the World to God: A Teleo-Cosmological Argument for God’s Existence by Paulo Juarez (article, 2017)
The Argument from Motion Revisited by Paulo Juarez (article, 2018)
Paulo Juarez’s academia.edu page
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Ep. #80 – The Wager & Fine-tuning w/ Dr. Rota
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