mercredi 11 juin 2014

Thoughts on an anti-"First Cause" syllogism?

Found this on the blog "My Case Against God" and was curious whether JREF forum members think it's valid and possibly sound.



Definition of terms:



"Bound by time" is defined as follows: "in the case of two or more things, when each one has a temporal location relative to the other(s)."



"A timeless being" is defined as follows: "a being that does not have a temporal location relative to anything."






Premise 1: Any two things [X] and [Y] that have a temporal relationship are bound by time.

Premise 2: "Cause" and "effect" have a temporal relationship.

Conclusion 1: "Cause" and "effect" are bound by time.



Premise 3: A timeless being is not bound by time.

Conclusion 2: A timeless being is neither "cause" nor "effect."





I'm not sure about the soundness, but it seems structurally valid, in the sense of the grammar of a simple syllogism.



Quoted from here.





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