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    A first unmoved mover exists — Carmelics
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    A first unmoved mover exists

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    • 1.There is no motion without a mover
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    • 2.The existence of an infinite series in actuality is impossible
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    • 1.An actually infinite causal series is not demonstrably impossible, as Cantorian set theory shows completed infinities are mathematically coherent.
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    • 2.If actual infinities are coherent, the regress of movers need not terminate in a first unmoved mover.
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    • 1.The principle 'no motion without a mover' applies to Aristotelian substances but Newton's first law shows bodies persist in motion without any continuing external cause.
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    • 2.If motion can be intrinsic to a body's inertial state rather than externally imposed, the causal regress of movers never gets started.
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    Ibn Daud deviates significantly from his predecessors since he does not deduce the existence of God from creation. In fact, as we shall later see, Ibn Daud has little to say on the issue of creation. Instead, his two proofs are based on Aristotle’s theory of motion, which presents a novelty in medieval Jewish thought. The first proof makes use of two theses that were proven in the sections on motion and infinity respectively: firstly, there is no motion without a mover, and secondly, the existen
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