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ps- you will notice, reading that article i linked, how davies uses the history of philosophy in his discussion (st. augustine) as a tool for his explanation which deals with current science, not the cosmology of roman times. his problem is a different one because his problem was not possible in st. augustine's time.

his argument, funny enough (i found that article by googling him, and i hadn't read before), is an argument against the first cause. and yet, he touches on another argument already provided in the history of philosophy-- god as a lawmaker of the universe. sounds both like jewish theology (god as giver of laws) and like 17th century science-- like descartes and his heirs (newton's view of god as the watchmaker of the universe, for example.) the history of the notion of scientific laws is a peculiar one, and it's steeped in theology-- but that discussion would belong in the history or sociology or philosophy of science.