RE: The Principle of Contingent Causation: The Impossibility of Infinite Regress.
July 2, 2023 at 9:21 pm
(July 2, 2023 at 9:07 pm)Nishant Xavier Wrote: Now, the argument may be formulated both logically and mathematically:
1. Now, every Contingent Being, by definition, is Contingent, i.e. Dependent on a Prior Being's Existence.
if we wrote it mathematically, for every Contingent Being, CB, CB(n) is dependent on CB(n-1); CB(n-1) on CB(n-2) etc.
2. But it is impossible for this series of contingent causation to go on until infinity.
Implicit in your argument is that a "being" of some sort or other caused anything.
Looks like begging the question to me. Reformulate your argument so that this undemonstrated premise is not present, and resubmit.
F for failure: assuming the conclusion.
Demonstrate that
1) this creator exists,
2) that he wasn't created by another something, and
3) and that this creator must have been a conscious being.
You cannot show any of these points.