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    Ibn Rushd argued that Aristotle's eternal universe contai... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→A chain of possible things cannot regress infinitely and must terminate in a being that is necessary in itself

    Ibn Rushd argued that Aristotle's eternal universe contains an infinite chain of generated things without requiring the chain itself to be contingent in the relevant sense.

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    • 1.Aristotle's unmoved mover explains eternal circular causation without infinite regress of movers needing external causes.
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    • 2.Each generated thing in the chain has a sufficient cause in the prior link; the chain's eternity doesn't require contingency.
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    • 3.Necessity can apply to an infinite series as a whole if its structure is eternally self-perpetuating without external origin.
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    • 1.If each member of the chain is contingent, the entire infinite chain inherits that contingency; eternity doesn't resolve it.
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    • 2.An infinite chain of generated things lacks the intrinsic necessity that distinguishes necessary from contingent beings.
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    • 3.Ibn Rushd's position equivocates: denying the chain needs a cause while accepting each link does undermines the distinction.
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