Discuss Richard Taylor's Version of the Cosmological Argument with Respect

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Essay

Discuss Richard Taylor's version of the cosmological argument with respect to the following questions.How does he use the image of the giant ball in the woods to illustrate the principle of sufficient reason? Why does he think that if the world had always existed,it would still need an explanation outside of itself? What does he mean by the notion of a "necessary being"? Why does he think there must be a necessary being?

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