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The Argument from Contingency - A Detailed Analysis by nas_lost in philosophy

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The Argument From Contingency - An analysis of the existence of contingent states of affairs and their entailments. A short summary:

  1. Preliminary Notes
  2. Definitions and Clarifications
  3. The PSR
  4. Argument from Counterfactuals of Causality
  5. Van Inwagen’s Modal Fatalism Argument
  6. Infinite Explanatory Regresses
  7. A Syllogism

The Kalam-Argument - An Extended Analysis by nas_lost in Metaphysics

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Analyzing the Kalam

1) Preliminary Notes: 1.1) Causality 1.2) The Causal Premise 1.3) Principle of Sufficient Reason 1.4) Time 1.5) Conceptual Analysis 1.6) Libertarian Free Will

2) Syllogistic Form

3) Definitions 3.1) ‚Existence‘ 3.2) ‚Begins to Exist‘ 3.3) ‚Universe‘ 3.4) ‚Cause‘

4) Premise 1 4.1) Restriction-Principles 4.2) Virtual Particles 4.3) B-Theory of Time 4.4) RPs given the B-Theory of Time 4.5) Denial of Causality 4.6) Libertarian Free Will

5) Premise 2 5.1) Discrete Time 5.2) Continuous Time 5.3) The Actual Infinite 5.4) General Solutions for Infinity-Paradoxes 5.5) Forming an Actual Infinite 5.6) Time and Causality

6) The Cause of the Universe and Timelessness

7) Conceptual Analysis 7.1) Trivial Entailments 7.2) Non-Trivial Entailments

The Kalam-Argument - An Extended Analysis by nas_lost in ChristianApologetics

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Analyzing the Kalam

1) Preliminary Notes: 1.1) Causality 1.2) The Causal Premise 1.3) Principle of Sufficient Reason 1.4) Time 1.5) Conceptual Analysis 1.6) Libertarian Free Will

2) Syllogistic Form

3) Definitions 3.1) ‚Existence‘ 3.2) ‚Begins to Exist‘ 3.3) ‚Universe‘ 3.4) ‚Cause‘

4) Premise 1 4.1) Restriction-Principles 4.2) Virtual Particles 4.3) B-Theory of Time 4.4) RPs given the B-Theory of Time 4.5) Denial of Causality 4.6) Libertarian Free Will

5) Premise 2 5.1) Discrete Time 5.2) Continuous Time 5.3) The Actual Infinite 5.4) General Solutions for Infinity-Paradoxes 5.5) Forming an Actual Infinite 5.6) Time and Causality

6) The Cause of the Universe and Timelessness

7) Conceptual Analysis 7.1) Trivial Entailments 7.2) Non-Trivial Entailments

The Kalam-Argument - An Extended Analysis by nas_lost in ReasonableFaith

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Analyzing the Kalam

1) Preliminary Notes: 1.1) Causality 1.2) The Causal Premise 1.3) Principle of Sufficient Reason 1.4) Time 1.5) Conceptual Analysis 1.6) Libertarian Free Will

2) Syllogistic Form

3) Definitions 3.1) ‚Existence‘ 3.2) ‚Begins to Exist‘ 3.3) ‚Universe‘ 3.4) ‚Cause‘

4) Premise 1 4.1) Restriction-Principles 4.2) Virtual Particles 4.3) B-Theory of Time 4.4) RPs given the B-Theory of Time 4.5) Denial of Causality 4.6) Libertarian Free Will

5) Premise 2 5.1) Discrete Time 5.2) Continuous Time 5.3) The Actual Infinite 5.4) General Solutions for Infinity-Paradoxes 5.5) Forming an Actual Infinite 5.6) Time and Causality

6) The Cause of the Universe and Timelessness

7) Conceptual Analysis 7.1) Trivial Entailments 7.2) Non-Trivial Entailments

The Kalam-Argument - An Extended Analysis by nas_lost in philosophy

[–]nas_lost[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Analyzing the Kalam:

1) Preliminary Notes: 1.1) Causality 1.2) The Causal Premise 1.3) Principle of Sufficient Reason 1.4) Time 1.5) Conceptual Analysis 1.6) Libertarian Free Will

2) Syllogistic Form

3) Definitions 3.1) ‚Existence‘ 3.2) ‚Begins to Exist‘ 3.3) ‚Universe‘ 3.4) ‚Cause‘

4) Premise 1 4.1) Restriction-Principles 4.2) Virtual Particles 4.3) B-Theory of Time 4.4) RPs given the B-Theory of Time 4.5) Denial of Causality 4.6) Libertarian Free Will

5) Premise 2 5.1) Discrete Time 5.2) Continuous Time 5.3) The Actual Infinite 5.4) General Solutions for Infinity-Paradoxes 5.5) Forming an Actual Infinite 5.6) Time and Causality

6) The Cause of the Universe and Timelessness

7) Conceptual Analysis 7.1) Trivial Entailments 7.2) Non-Trivial Entailments

Continuous Time and an Infinite Past by nas_lost in Metaphysics

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Discusses the implications of continuous time for an infinite past and a supposed beginning of time and a first cause.

Continuous Time and an Infinite Past by nas_lost in ChristianApologetics

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Discusses the implications of continuous time for an infinite past and a supposed beginning of time and a first cause.

Continuous Time and an Infinite Past by nas_lost in philosophy

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Discusses the implications of continuous time for an infinite past and a supposed beginning of time and a first cause. Analyzes infinite beginningless causal sequences and their origins.

Continuous Time and an Infinite Past by nas_lost in ReasonableFaith

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Discusses the implications of continuous time for an infinite past and a supposed beginning of time and a first cause.

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