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Should proofs of God involve the infinitary language ℒ(∞,∞)?
If God is an infinite being (per Scotus, say), and if no finite number of steps in an argument is adequate to the scope of the divine majesty, then the strictures of monadic theism aside (God as a ...
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Why is infinite regress a problem for ontological explanations?
Suppose some ontological theory creates an infinite regress.
Take, for example, Platon's concept of ideas, and then there must be some connection between idea and its actualisation, and then this ...
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