RE: The Principle of Contingent Causation: The Impossibility of Infinite Regress.
July 10, 2023 at 2:39 pm
(July 7, 2023 at 12:21 pm)Nishant Xavier Wrote: 3. As for the Universe allegedly being the Necessary Being, GN, the Universe cannot be because (1) it began to exist and (2) can cease to exist. Do you deny (1) the Big Bang or (2) the Big Crunch? Not to mention doesnt demonstrate (3) non potentiality and therefore is contingent.
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The 'Big Crunch' is very unlikely given our current understanding. The universe is accelerating in its rate of expansion, not slowing.
Whether the Big Bang is the actual start or just a phase transition is still very much being debated, especially by those doing quantum gravity.
Also, the issue isn't a 'necessary being'. The issue is an 'uncaused being'. You have not shown those to be equivalent.
