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cosmological argument

argument that God's existence is required to explain the existence or nature of the universe
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cosmological argument

Summary

cosmological argument ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (526 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • cosmological argument's subclass of is recorded as argument for God's existence[2].
  • cosmological argument's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01xdt[3].
  • cosmological argument's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/cosmological-argument[4].
  • cosmological argument's BBC Things ID is recorded as 6de7928c-3e11-42f4-8e89-ca9657daac26[5].
  • cosmological argument's Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy ID is recorded as cosmological-argument[6].
  • cosmological argument's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as necessary-being[7].
  • cosmological argument's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2779394864[8].
  • cosmological argument's RationalWiki ID is recorded as Argument_from_first_cause[9].
  • cosmological argument's McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia ID is recorded as C/cosmological-argument[10].

Why It Matters

cosmological argument ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (526 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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