This Q & A and other resources are available on William Lane Craig’s website. Impossible! These illustrations should make it clear why the appeal to an infinite regress explains nothing. Or a series of skydivers trying to hold each other up even though none of their parachutes opens. In the famous Five Ways, the notion of the. Or a watch running without a spring just by having an infinite number of gears. Thomas Aquinas often wielded the idea of an infinite regress in his theological and philosophical treatises. Or think about a train without an engine moving along the tracks merely by having an infinite number of boxcars. A first cause is like money in the bank: with it you can produce a real causal effect but without it the proliferation of mere intermediate causes does nothing to effect a real change. With Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill. This could go on forever, and you would never discharge your debts because each check is intrinsically worthless. Infinite Regress: Directed by David Livingston. Then to cover that check you write another check drawn on yet another empty account. An example that has been used to explain the problem is that of. For if we have an infinite amount of preceding events then we can never get to where we are now, that there must ultimately be a ‘first cause’ or ‘prime mover’. Then to cover that check you write another check drawn on a different but still empty account. The ‘infinite regress’ argument posits that we cannot have an infinite amount of preceding events or causes. But you write a check to someone drawn on that empty account. The revered Samurai of death metal crush through the spiral ganglion with a sound rawer than shark sushi that still bites. An infinite regress arises when we ask what are the justifications for the reasons themselves. Suppose you have no money in your checking account. You can do so by using illustrations to make the point clear.įor example, tell them that an infinite regress is like the fraudulent practice of check kiting. I take it that your question - Jason - is how you can explain to high school students the impossibility of an infinite regress of causes or explanations. How can I explain the law of infinite regress to my highschool seniors and why it doesn't work? With its reversed melodic form, closing track “Under the Lens” evokes the grainy nostalgic air of a long lost photograph taken from a receding, ever distancing point of view.This is a Q & A blog post by our Visiting Scholar in Philosophy, William Lane Craig. Highlights include the plaintive and catchy “Demission” where an insistent, propulsive and overly simplistic one note bassline underpins an incongruously cheery lament to the inescapable claustrophobia of everyday life, and the pleasantly disorientating and abstract “Floatograph” which asks the perennial question “Are You Real?” With a nod to the bass heavy, ambient electronica infused territory somewhere between New Order and Massive Attack, “Infinite Regress” is a collection of ten intuitive and visceral songs with a definite nocturnal, midnight to dawn ambience. Reflecting on the inaccuracies of both collective and personal memories and an enduring fascination with the subconscious and its imagery, Colin Edwin joined up with longtime friend, vocalist and lyricist RJ Peck to explore themes of urban alienation, technological distraction, memory and forgetfulness. “Infinite Regress” is a rare song based solo outing from prolific collaborator, bassist and composer Colin Edwin (Porcupine Tree/Metallic Taste of Blood/Twinscapes/O.R.k. In his body of work entitled Infinite Regress (2015ongoing), Ore-Giron creates highly-pigmented, evocative forms that recall religious iconography, sacred.
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