cosmological argument
Noun
Meaning
cosmological argument (plural cosmological arguments)
(theology, philosophy) A type of argument for the existence of God arguing that since every thing and event that begins at a point in time has a cause, there must be an uncaused first cause.
Examples
He formulated the cosmological argument succinctly: "Why is there something rather than nothing?
For example, the cosmological argument from theology regarding the existence of God is technically an appeal to cosmogonical rather than cosmological ideas.