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    It is not the case that An actually infinite series of contingent causes is not logically contradictory, as Cantor's transfinite mathematics demonstrates infinite sets can be completed totalities.

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    • 1.Mathematical sets differ fundamentally from physical causation; abstract completeness doesn't transfer to temporal causal sequences.
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    • 2.An infinite series requires each member to depend on a prior cause, creating an explanatory regress that never reaches a ground.
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    • 3.Actual infinity in mathematics assumes external completion (by human minds/set theory axioms), unavailable for autonomous causal chains.
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    • 1.Cantor proved infinite sets are mathematically coherent completed totalities with well-defined cardinalities and ordering relations.
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    • 2.Logical contradiction requires violating the law of non-contradiction; infinite causation violates no formal logical laws.
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    • 3.Mathematical infinity existing in abstract reality suggests metaphysical infinity in causal chains is not inherently incoherent.
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