
A History of Ideas: William Paley and the Divine Watchmaker
Theologian William Paley propounded the theory that if you found a watch on a heath, you would assume that an intelligent being designed and made it.

History of Ideas: Thomas Aquinas and the First Mover Argument
If every effect has a cause, how did everything begin? Thomas Aquinas argued that there couldn’t be an infinite regression of cause and effect without any fixed starting point.

A History of Ideas: Hindu Creation Stories
For Hindus, the universe we live in is one of innumerable universes.

A History of Ideas: Astronomer Carole Mundell on the Big Bang
Did the universe have a distinct starting moment, or has it always existed?