RE: Presentism and Infinite Chain of Past Events
December 11, 2017 at 12:35 pm
(This post was last modified: December 11, 2017 at 12:41 pm by SteveII.)
(December 11, 2017 at 12:12 pm)Grandizer Wrote:(December 11, 2017 at 12:04 pm)SteveII Wrote: I didn't mention time/temporal. Stop bringing it up (and the USA and Canada). Your OP specifically said that eternalism answers the problem of a past infinite. Yes or no--can the timeslices be ordered according to causal principles? Hint: it's not "tricky to pinpoint". If the answer is yes, tell me why you don't have the same problem presentism has.
I think the persistence of the 'self' is relevant to whether the B Theory of time is coherent. But I will drop it for now.
I dont know what makes a cause a cause as opposed to preceding event. Do you? I would love to hear what you have to say about this.
That said, let me say "yes" anyway. Whats the problem?
Your first sentence undermines the entire endeavor of science.
You articulated the problem very well to Hammy. How do you have the Dec 11 timeslice which is causally dependent on the previously ordered timeslice which is causally dependent on the previously ordered timeslice...forever? You are still postulating a past-infinite series of causes that can be ordered according to a causal principle (leaving time/temporal language out of it because it is irrelevant). This is the same logical impossibility you presented to Hammy.
