The Problems of Philosophy: Introductory ReadingsWilliam P. Alston, Richard B. Brandt |
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... cause of the intermediate cause , and the intermediate is the cause of the ultimate cause , whether the intermediate cause be several , or one only . Now to take away the cause is to take away the effect . Therefore , if there be no first ...
... cause of the intermediate cause , and the intermediate is the cause of the ultimate cause , whether the intermediate cause be several , or one only . Now to take away the cause is to take away the effect . Therefore , if there be no first ...
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... CAUSE ARGUMENT But if so many difficulties attend the argument a posteriori , said Demea , had we not better adhere to that simple and sublime argument a priori which , by offering to us infallible demonstration , cuts off at once all ...
... CAUSE ARGUMENT But if so many difficulties attend the argument a posteriori , said Demea , had we not better adhere to that simple and sublime argument a priori which , by offering to us infallible demonstration , cuts off at once all ...
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... cause . Hence an event A must have as cause some event B , which in turn must have a cause C , and so on . But if there is no end to this backward progression of causes , the progression will be infinite ; and in the opinion of those ...
... cause . Hence an event A must have as cause some event B , which in turn must have a cause C , and so on . But if there is no end to this backward progression of causes , the progression will be infinite ; and in the opinion of those ...
Contents
The Inconceivability of Gods Nonexistence | 1 |
From Nature to | 2 |
A Critique of the Argument from Design | 3 |
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