Grim Reaper – The Analytic Thomist

Objections to the Grim Reaper Kalam argument: Responses, Part 1

I have a developed a suite of arguments, based on the Grim Reaper paradox of Jose Benardete (Infinity, 1968) for two related conclusions: the impossibility of infinite causal regresses and the necessary finitude of the past. (See my related posts: The anti-regress argument and the unsatisfiable pair diagnosis. Here are my published papers and articles:Continue reading “Objections to the Grim Reaper Kalam argument: Responses, Part 1”

Infinite Regresses: The Unsatisfiable Pair Diagnosis

This is a follow-up to a previous post, in which I presented an argument against the conceivability of infinite regresses. Some critics (Schmid and Malpass, forthcoming) have argued that the Patchwork Principle too strong. Perhaps we should add an exception: Revised Patchwork Principle. If (i) a certain causal structure S is conceivable, (ii) a finiteContinue reading “Infinite Regresses: The Unsatisfiable Pair Diagnosis”