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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Main Author: Kabay, Paul (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Nature B. V 2005
In: International journal for philosophy of religion
Year: 2005, Volume: 57, Issue: 2, Pages: 123-138
Further subjects:B Temporal Event
B Kalam Cosmological Argument
B Cosmological Argument
B Finite Time
B Infinite Regress
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Summary: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.
ISSN:1572-8684
Contains:Enthalten in: International journal for philosophy of religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s11153-004-3504-3