1. Possibly, everything that exists has an explanation of its existence, either in the necessity of its own nature or in an external cause. (Premise, W-PSR)
2. An omnipotent being possibly exists. (Premise)
3. An omnipotent being possibly has an explanation of its existence. (From 1 and 2)
4. An omnipotent being cannot be explained by an external cause. (Premise)
5. Hence, an omnipotent being is possibly explained by a necessity of its own nature. (From 1 and 4)
6. Therefore, an omnipotent being exists. (From 5 and S5)
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This is the one I was looking for! Wasn't this on your site last fall? Or did you just use it on another blog like Victor Reppert's? Either way, I love this one because it doesn't allow for the common skeptic of the gaps arguments that people use when bringing up quantum.
ReplyDeleteGlad you approve! I like to repost arguments from time to time, sometimes with revisions. Like you said, though, I'm pretty sure I posted something similar on Reppert's blog.
ReplyDeleteCome to think of it, Anthony, I'm pretty sure this was the argument I posted on Reppert's blog:
ReplyDeletehttp://dougbenscoter.blogspot.com/2011/09/leibnizian-kalam-argument.html