LessonsThe Originator of the World: Necessary Existence, Infinite Regress and the Correspondence ProofQuiz

وقد يتوهم أن هذا دليل على وجود الصانع من غير افتقار إلى إبطال التسلسل، وليس كذلك
One might suppose this proves a Maker without refuting infinite regress; the text says it does not.

If a contingent thing has another contingent cause, which in turn depends upon another, merely saying “each has a cause” does not yet provide an independent ground. The discussion therefore turns to regress among causes.

The target is a chain in which every member receives its existence through another dependent member. Not every ordered sequence, and not every infinite sequence of numbers, is equivalent to that specific causal claim.

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Can the argument bypass the regress question?

The Originator of the World: Necessary Existence, Infinite Regress and the Correspondence Proof

وقد يتوهم أن هذا دليل على وجود الصانع من غير افتقار إلى إبطال التسلسل، وليس كذلك
One might suppose this proves a Maker without refuting infinite regress; the text says it does not.

If a contingent thing has another contingent cause, which in turn depends upon another, merely saying “each has a cause” does not yet provide an independent ground. The discussion therefore turns to regress among causes.

The target is a chain in which every member receives its existence through another dependent member. Not every ordered sequence, and not every infinite sequence of numbers, is equivalent to that specific causal claim.