Contingency Argument
This principle says everything must have an explanation.
What is the Principle of Sufficient Reason?
He argued that everything that exists must have a reason or explanation.
Who is Leibniz?
These are the two types of beings the argument is based on: one depends on something else, and one doesn’t.
What are contingent and necessary beings?
This type of argument uses reason and logic, not scientific observation.
What is a philosophical/logical argument?
This idea says all dependent things must eventually be explained by something that explains itself.
What is the idea of a necessary being (or the foundation of the contingency argument)?