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The Philosophical Journey, 2/e
William Lawhead, The University of Mississippi

The Search for God
The Cosmological Argument for God

Topical links

St. Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas
(http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/a/aquinas.htm)

Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy article
Thomas Aquinas: Life and Works
(http://www.philosophypages.com/ph/aqui.htm)

Discussion of life and thought by Garth Kemerling
Thomas Aquinas
(http://www.faithnet.freeserve.co.uk/aquinas.htm)

Discussion from Faithnet
Saint Thomas Aquinas
(http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/aquinas/)

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy article
St. Thomas Aquinas
(http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14663b.htm)

Catholic Encyclopedia article
St. Thomas Aquinas' Summa Theologiae
(http://www.mb-soft.com/believe/txn/summa.htm)

Article from BELIEVE Religious Information Source
Arguments for the existence of God

The Existence of God
(http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06608b.htm)

Catholic Encyclopedia article
Arguments For the Existence of God
(http://www.mb-soft.com/believe/text/argument.htm)

Article from BELIEVE Religious Information Source
Cosmological argument (overviews and links)

Cosmological argument
(http://www.carm.org/dictionary/dic_c-d.htm#Cosmological%20argument)

Definition from the CARM Dictionary of Theology; scroll down in alphabetical listing
The Cosmological Argument
(http://www.faithnet.freeserve.co.uk/cosmologicalargument.htm)

Brief discussion from Faithnet
Stating the cosmological argument
(http://www-phil.tamu.edu/~gary/intro/cosmoarg_1.html)

Overview of Aquinas' "5 ways" and Clarke's formulation by Gary Varner (Texas A&M University)
Philosophy of Religion: Cosmological Argument
(http://www.rsweb.org.uk/phil/cosmological.html)

Collection of briefly annotated links from R. A. Bowie (RS-Web)
Cosmological argument (more detailed treatment)

Thomas Aquinas' 'Five Ways'
(http://www.faithnet.freeserve.co.uk/fiveways.htm)

Discussion of Aquinas' various arguments for the existence of God from Faithnet
The Cosmological Argument
(http://www.stphiliphoward.w-sussex.sch.uk/reintranet/philosophy_1.htm#The%20Cosmological%... )

Overview from the St. Philip Howard School; below discussion of the design argument
The Cosmological Argument
(http://brindedcow.umd.edu/236/aquinas.html)

Analysis by Alan Stairs (University of Maryland)
The cosmological argument for the existence of God
(http://www.princeton.edu/~grosen/puc/pucourse/phi203/cosmological.html)

Detailed analysis of Aquinas' "first way" by Gideon Rosen (Princeton University)
Lecture #2: Introduction to the Cosmological Argument
(http://www.la.utexas.edu/phl356/lec2.html)

Lecture notes by Robert Koons (University of Texas)
Lecture #6: Contemporary Versions of the Cosmological Argument: Taylor, Adler
(http://www.la.utexas.edu/phl356/lec6.html)

Lecture notes by Robert Koons (University of Texas)
Contingent and necessary being

Contingent vs. necessary
(http://atheism.about.com/library/glossary/general/bldef_contingent.htm?iam=dpile_1&terms;... )

Definition from About.com
Contingent
(http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04331a.htm)

Catholic Encyclopedia article
Necessity
(http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10733a.htm)

Catholic Encyclopedia article