An infinite temporal regress is compatible with the doctrine of creatio originans
International Journal for Philosophy of Religion 57 (2):123 - 138 (2005)
| Abstract | In this paper I show that the existence of an infinite temporal regress does not undermine the soundness of Craigs 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 Craigs 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. | |||||||||
| Keywords | No keywords specified (fix it) | |||||||||
| Categories | ||||||||||
| Options |
|
|||||||||
Download options| PhilPapers Archive |
Upload a copy of this paper Check publisher's policy on self-archival Papers currently archived: 5,672 |
| External links |
 |
| Through your library | Configure |
Similar books and articlesL. Nathan Oaklander (1987). Mctaggart's Paradox and the Infinite Regress of Temporal Attributions: A Reply to Smith. Southern Journal of Philosophy 25 (3):425-431.
L. Nathan Oaklander (1987). McTaggart's Paradox and the Infinite Regress of Temporal Attributions. Southern Journal of Philosophy 25 (3):425-431.
Jan Willem Wieland (2011). The Sceptic's Tools: Circularity and Infinite Regress. Philosophical Papers 40 (3):359-369.
Yuri Cath (forthcoming). Regarding a Regress. Pacific Philosophical Quarterly.
Quentin Smith (1986). The Infinite Regress of Temporal Attributions. Southern Journal of Philosophy 24 (3):383-396.
Eric Margolis & Stephen Laurence (1999). Where the Regress Argument Still Goes Wrong: Reply to Knowles. Analysis 59 (4):321-327.
Andrew D. Cling (2004). The Trouble with Infinitism. Synthese 138 (1):101 - 123.
William Seager (1999). The Reality of Now. International Studies in the Philosophy of Science 13 (1):69 – 82.
Analytics
Monthly downloads |
Added to index2009-01-28Total downloads14 ( #83,078 of 549,065 )Recent downloads (6 months)1 ( #63,185 of 549,065 )How can I increase my downloads? |
My notes
Discussion
