Roundup of recent defenses of Kalam (by other philosophers)

“A Defense of the Kalam Cosmological Argument and the B-Theory of Time” (Thesis/Dissertation) by Curtis J. Metcalfe (University of Missouri, St. Louis)

From Abstract:

My thesis, then, is to argue in support of the kalam cosmological argument, but also to argue against Craig’s claim that it must be dependent on the A-theory of time, the result of which will be a more general yet stronger version of the kalam cosmological argument for the existence of God.

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Also see here for some comments on B-theory and Kalam

“Is an Uncaused Beginning of the Universe Possible?: A Response to Recent Naturalistic Metaphysical Theorizing” by Andrew Loke in Philosophia Christi (2012) 14.2: 373-393.

From Conclusion:

This paper advances the discussion on the causal principle by formulating a novel philosophical argument that is stronger and more rigorous than other arguments which have been proposed thus far. It shows that the causal principle not only holds within our universe, but also with respect to the beginning of the universe itself, and it addresses the sort of metaphysical theorizing that Oppy suggests as well.

“A Bayesian Formulation of the Kalam Cosmological Argument” by Calum Miller in Religious Studies (2014)

From Abstract:

Here, I formulate the kalam cosmological argument in Bayesian terms, and argue that doing so renders many objections levelled against it obsolete.

Loke, Andrew. (2014). A MODIFIED PHILOSOPHICAL ARGUMENT FOR A BEGINNING OF THE UNIVERSE . Think, 13, Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/S147717561300033X.

Andrew Loke modifies one of Craig’s arguments for the finitude of the past.

Mark Nowacki’s “Assessing the Kalam Cosmological Argument”

Nowaki modifies the Kalam Cosmological Argument. His version is based on substances and temporal marks and which will hold whatever theory of time is adopted. (I’,m not sure how this argument works)

Christopher Weaver has interesting papers shoring up Pruss’ arguments for causation

Christopher Weaver, What Could be Caused Must Actually be Caused in Synthese (2012) 184:3 299-317.

Christopher Weaver, A Church-Fitch Proof for the Universality of Causation. Synthese (2013) 190:14, 2749-2772.

David Oderburg also has some articles

ht milesandrews for some articles