I have sympathy with this point of view. Our knowledge of reality is currently very incomplete and no doubt riddled with misunderstandings. However, I...
I think the two sequences are identical in that if there is a banana at spacial position 1 in the first sequence, then there is also an identical bana...
Each banana has a different spatial position I agree, but the two sequences, ignoring their space time position are identical (same mass, same number ...
What then causes the first motion? What causes there to be a time when gravity starts to take effect? What fine-tuned the universe for life? To be tru...
If you and @"Seditious" refuse to even trust your own mental faculty then there is little hope that I can win you over with reasoned arguments - you c...
It's not about the numbering of moments, it's about the fact that the previous moment defines/determines the next moment. So the present moment cannot...
For the non realists, there is this argument: 1. Thoughts flow in the mind. There are past thoughts, a present thought and future thoughts. 2. So we c...
You have of course ignored my extensive reply to 180 on the subject of fine tuning: https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/comment/367699 Have a re...
We add 1 banana to the sequence (=it should change quantitatively and qualitatively). But is does not change quantitatively(?+1=?) or qualitatively(st...
The argument in the OP is that you can add/remove identical items to an infinite sequence and the sequence remains identical/unchanged (both qualitati...
The most obvious metaphysical arguments and therefore the most worthy (according to Occam's Razor) are made first in history. So it would be foolish t...
I did not say timeless beings cannot cause change. I said that a timeless being can express itself in spacetime and thereby be the agent of change. I ...
The previous moment defines the next, so all moments in your argument before 1970 Jan 1st 00:00:00 UTC are therefore undefined. Or, assuming time has ...
I am open to counter arguments. Thats why I post here. To get other people's ideas and counter arguments. I have not made up my mind that space is fin...
What causes that first motion? The third way is a beautiful argument that is supportive of my argument in the OP. I paraphrase it as: 1. Can’t get som...
Spacetime is fine-tuned for life. So there must be something external to spacetime that did that fine-tuning. Hence a requirement for something beyond...
Your chosen version of reality included continua (incompatible with arithmetic IMO) and infinitesimals (incompatible with arithmetic IMO). My chosen v...
The proof of irrational numbers is common sense. We have empirical evidence for atoms and the curvature of spacetime. So these things are in agreement...
Thanks @"3017amen"! I think that it is a wonder that there is something rather than nothing. Nothing requires no cause and there is nothing to explain...
Who knows. I don't disregard non-euclidean geometry because its axiom that parallel lines meet has a possibility of being true. I do however disregard...
The paradox starts with the assumption that actual infinity is possible, so it is OK to assume an actually infinite bag/vase. I have done a probabilit...
Why? If it holds for the base case and holds for the nth+1 case, then it holds for all n. Please explain. I have proved that there must be a first cau...
Fair point, but assumptions that stray wildly from common sense / common experience indicate the subject is squarely pure rather than applied maths. I...
The problem with the articles you linked is that in both cases, a wrong assumption is made at the start of discourse: "In order for SDG to be consiste...
I've already given you about 5 arguments that infinite causal regresses are impossible, including some that even a child could follow. It's really sim...
Time and God are traditional subjects of philosophy and this is a philosophy forum - I don't see why you are complaining. I happen to be interested in...
Infinitesimals are deeply illogical/impossible concepts and are shunned by most of maths. As demonstrated in the op, ? leads to logical absurdities, s...
They are distinct, like a movie plays at 60 frames a second, each frame a time slice. There is nothing continuous about that. OK, what is the infinite...
Discrete time would consist of discrete, non-zero, non-infinitesimal time slices - so they would have a duration. On the other hand, if time was compo...
Why is it unrealistic? I don't believe everything came from nothing, I believe that something has permanent, atemporal existence and that something ca...
How about the negative integers: { ..., -5, -4, -3, -2, -1 } - We can see it is possible to define the negative integers if we start at -1 and work do...
Interesting video. I have sometimes wondered about the length of 'now' - it seems it cannot be zero length else 'now' would be nothing (nothing length...
I think I see what you mean, maybe you can expand? I see that Pi cannot, in our reality, ever be actualised as it has infinite digits. A perfect circl...
The same rules apply for finite and infinite sets. And if you don't like the absurdity in the OP, see this famous example for proof that actual infini...
My argument uses sequences of identical bananas, so that the 'quantity' and 'quality' of bananas both are constant whilst bananas are added and remove...
I've demonstrated it several times quite clearly to you. Maybe you will take Leibniz's word for it: ’Suppose the book of the elements of geometry to h...
No. Multiple universe theories are not testable so not scientific IMO. I don't really believe in multiple universes, but if they do exist, then which ...
The contradiction is: - Effects are currently happening in our universe - But if there is no first cause, no effects are possible (contradiction) - So...
I think you are a believer in phenomena such as quantum fluctuations. They do not exist IMO. They are purely theoretical... there is no clear empirica...
He believed actual infinity is possible logically and in reality. And many people are still under that impression. What we are all taught at school - ...
An example from pool. Cue hits the white ball. White ball hits the black. Black ball goes in the pocket. If the cue does not hit the white, then nothi...
How exactly can the set of naturals be potentially infinite? That would suggest it is a partially defined set, IE an undefined set. It is defined as a...
Cantor did claim actual infinity exists: "Accordingly I distinguish an eternal uncreated infinity or absolutum which is due to God and his attributes,...
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