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... fact of change . He rejects the notion of explaining changes by referring them to prior changes , and so on back to infinity . His reasoning here seems to be that such an explanation is wrong in principle , and would hence break down ...
... fact of change . He rejects the notion of explaining changes by referring them to prior changes , and so on back to infinity . His reasoning here seems to be that such an explanation is wrong in principle , and would hence break down ...
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... fact about nature , Thomas's procedure is the same as in the case of change . How are we to explain or account for the fact of causation ? Any particular instance of causation we can refer to some previous instance . Suppose B is the ...
... fact about nature , Thomas's procedure is the same as in the case of change . How are we to explain or account for the fact of causation ? Any particular instance of causation we can refer to some previous instance . Suppose B is the ...
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Alburey Castell. one sort of fact in nature , to God as an " opposite " sort of fact , characterizes Thomas's third argument . The argument from contingency begins with the fact that in nature many things appear to be contingent ...
Alburey Castell. one sort of fact in nature , to God as an " opposite " sort of fact , characterizes Thomas's third argument . The argument from contingency begins with the fact that in nature many things appear to be contingent ...
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