LessonsThe Prophetic Basin, the Bridge, Paradise and Hell: Reality and PermanenceQuiz

A further objection links the existence and possible cessation of celestial motion to the nature of time, then claims an impossibility follows. It assumes a particular philosophical definition of time as the measure of celestial motion.

A disputed theory of time does not automatically invalidate every alternative possibility. When an argument relies on several contestable cosmological assumptions, its conclusion cannot be presented as an unqualified logical necessity.

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The argument from celestial motion and time

The Prophetic Basin, the Bridge, Paradise and Hell: Reality and Permanence

A further objection links the existence and possible cessation of celestial motion to the nature of time, then claims an impossibility follows. It assumes a particular philosophical definition of time as the measure of celestial motion.

A disputed theory of time does not automatically invalidate every alternative possibility. When an argument relies on several contestable cosmological assumptions, its conclusion cannot be presented as an unqualified logical necessity.