An infinite temporal regress is compatible with the Doctrine of Creatio Originans
In this paper I show that the existence of an infinite temporal regress does not undermine the soundness of Craig’s version of the Kalam Cosmological Argument. To this end I shall focus on a particular complication that Craig raises against one of his arguments in support of a finite temporal regres...
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Tipo de documento: | Electrónico Artículo |
Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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Springer Science + Business Media B. V
2005
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International journal for philosophy of religion
Año: 2005, Volumen: 57, Número: 2, Páginas: 123-138 |
Otras palabras clave: | B
Temporal Event
B Kalam Cosmological Argument B Cosmological Argument B Finite Time B Infinite Regress |
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Sumario: | In this paper I show that the existence of an infinite temporal regress does not undermine the soundness of Craig’s version of the Kalam Cosmological Argument. To this end I shall focus on a particular complication that Craig raises against one of his arguments in support of a finite temporal regress. I will show that this complication can be made innocuous by extending the notion of A-theoretic time, which is presupposed by Craig’s argument, to include a notion of temporal becoming that is compatible with the existence of an infinite regress of temporal events. All this shows that God could have created an infinite temporal regress a finite time in the past without this entailing a contradiction. |
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ISSN: | 1572-8684 |
Obras secundarias: | Enthalten in: International journal for philosophy of religion
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s11153-004-3504-3 |