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    It is not the case that If every contingent member of an infinite aggregate has a sufficient cause within the aggregate, the demand for an external cause commits the fallacy of composition.

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    • 1.Explaining each part's existence doesn't explain why the aggregate itself exists rather than nothing.
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    • 2.An infinite regress of internal causes may leave the existence of the whole system unexplained and contingent.
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    • 3.Demanding external explanation for a contingent aggregate isn't composition fallacy but legitimate causal principle.
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    • 1.Composition fallacy occurs when a property of parts is wrongly attributed to the whole without additional justification.
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    • 2.If every member's existence is explained internally, no explanatory gap remains that requires external causation.
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    • 3.Infinity permits causal loops and self-sustaining systems where no member depends on external causes.
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