Over the course of his work, Graham Oppy developed numerous important criticisms of versions of the cosmological argument. Here I am not concerned with his specific criticisms of cosmological arguments but rather with his claim that cosmological arguments per se are not good arguments, for they provide no persuasive reason for believing the conclusion that God exists and are embedded in theories that already affirm the conclusion. I explore what he believes makes an argument good, contend that cosmological arguments can have functions within worldviews other than persuasion, and consider his recent modifications of the discussion that address competing worldviews.

在他的工作过程中，格雷厄姆·奥比对宇宙论论证的版本提出了许多重要的批评。在这里，我不关心他对宇宙论论证的具体批评，而是他声称宇宙论论证本身不是好的论证，因为它们没有为相信上帝存在的结论提供有说服力的理由，并且嵌入在已经确认结论的理论中. 我探讨了他认为使论点好的因素，认为宇宙论论点可以在世界观中发挥作用，而不是说服，并考虑他最近对解决竞争世界观的讨论的修改。