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    An infinite regress of conditions explains the order of conditions but cannot explain why there is a series of conditions at all, leaving existence itself unexplained.

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    • 1.Explaining the ordering within a series differs logically from explaining why that series exists at all—different explanatory levels.
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    • 2.Any infinite regress leaves the fundamental question unanswered: why is there something rather than nothing?
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    • 3.A complete explanation requires a stopping point; without it, we merely defer the ultimate explanatory burden infinitely.
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    • 1.The demand for explaining 'existence itself' may be incoherent—existence cannot be a further fact requiring explanation above the facts.
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    • 2.Some series may have no ultimate explanation and still be fully intelligible; explanatory completeness doesn't require a foundational ground.
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    • 3.Infinite regress doesn't necessarily fail to explain; each condition explains the next, forming a complete explanatory chain without gaps.
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