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    Challenges→The force of the cosmological argument from regress does not depend on the impossibility of an actual infinite or infinite regress of causes

    If every contingent member of an infinite series is explained by its predecessor, the demand for a necessary ground commits the fallacy of composition by treating the series as an additional entity requiring separate explanation.

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    Fallacy of composition(Social theory and normative theory)
    The logical error of inferring that what is true of the parts must be true of the whole, applied here in the context of social and normative theory
    contingent(De Interpretatione 12–13)
    Equated with 'possible'; on the two-sided interpretation, contingency excludes necessity (possibility implies non-necessity).
    entity(as used in metaphysics)
    Any individual thing or being that exists—could be a person, object, or anything else that is one distinct thing.
    infinite series(as used in causality and logic)
    A chain of things that goes on forever without ever ending, where each member is connected to the next one.
    necessary ground(as used in metaphysics and philosophy of causation)

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