RE: The Principle of Contingent Causation: The Impossibility of Infinite Regress.
July 13, 2023 at 6:47 pm
(This post was last modified: July 13, 2023 at 7:07 pm by Bucky Ball.)
(July 13, 2023 at 6:42 pm)Belacqua Wrote:(July 13, 2023 at 11:00 am)Bucky Ball Wrote: There is no reason to posit any sort of First Cause UNTIL we have some data from the environment EXTERNAL to this universe.
All you're doing is slapping a principle you think you know from a tiny part of this universe onto an environment you know absolutely nothing about.
There is no reason to consider ANY origin theories until there is data.
I understand that what you say is an inevitable conclusion from your metaphysical beliefs.
Those who hold to Neoplatonic, Vedantic, or Buddhist metaphysics disagree with you.
Nope.
I have no metaphysical beliefs,
and you don't get to tell me what I believe.
The most you get to do, is say that in YOUR belief system, you interpret what I say, in YOUR worldview, in a certain way.
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