Grounding, infinite regress, and the thomistic cosmological argument
A prominent Thomistic cosmological argument maintains that an infinite regress of causes, which exhibits a certain pattern of ontological dependence among its members, would be vicious and so must terminate in a first member. Interestingly, Jonathan Schaffer offers a similar argument in the contempo...
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Springer Nature B. V
2022
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International journal for philosophy of religion
Year: 2022, Volume: 92, Issue: 3, Pages: 147-166 |
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Fundamentality
B Grounding B Metaphysical infinitism B Thomistic cosmological argument B Infinite Regress |
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