ABSTRACT
This chapter considers two major criticisms that have been advanced against the Cosmological Argument for the existence of God, criticisms which many philosophers regard as constituting a decisive refutation of that argument. The first criticism draws attention to what appears to be a fatal flaw in the Cosmological Argument. Perhaps some proponents of the Cosmological Argument have used the argument that Russell regards as fallacious. The second major criticism argues that the proponent of the Cosmological Argument is mistaken in thinking that the explanation of the existence of the infinite collection cannot be found within the collection itself. The chapter examines two criticisms that have been advanced against that part of the Cosmological Argument which seeks to establish that not every being can be a dependent being. It argues that each of these criticisms is mistaken and, therefore, fails as a refutation of the Cosmological Argument.
