Cosmological Argument Part 2

Part 2 of a pair. Tim moves on to the version of the Cosmological Argument for the existence of God called ‘the Modal Argument.’ The idea is that all the contingent facts about the world need to be explained by some necessary fact, and that necessary fact is that God exists.

Associate Professor of Philosophy at University of Mississippi

Ph.D., Philosophy, Yale University, 2012
B.A., History and Philosophy, Bethel University, 2001 (summa cum laude; Honors Program)

Non-degree work in history and religious studies, Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Oxford University, 1999

I was a graduate teaching fellow at the Yale Teaching Center and a research fellow at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. I have previously taught courses at Montana State University-Bozeman, Bethel University, and Yale University.

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