PHIL102 Lecture Notes - Cosmological Argument, Brute Fact, Fallacy

• School: University of Delaware
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHIL102
• Professor: Professor Shabo

Document Summary

Validity is determined only if the conclusion of an argument agrees with given presets (premise). Formal fallacy flawed logic conclusion does not entail premise(s). 100) (2) the terminus defense an infinite series does not end, but the series of past causes does terminate ( in the present). Problem: series is infinite in the past direction. (pg. 102) (3) the elimination defense in order to have a causal series, there must be a start point. So, without a first cause every other point collapses. (pg. 103) (4) the countdown defense if the series of past causes are infinite, then we could not reach the present moment in time, as we have not run through all of the past causes- as the are infinite. (pg. The causal argument ------------------------------------- rowe"s cosmological argument a priori vs a posteriori a priori- no experience can possibly falsify a belief a posteriori- subject to falsification because of an experience.