Infinite regress
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| Distinction is made between infinite regresses that are "vicious" and those that are not. One definition given is that a vicious regress is ''"an attempt to solve a problem which re-introduced the same problem in the proposed solution. If one continues along the same lines, the initial problem will recur infinitely and will never be solved. Not all regresses, however, are vicious."'' | Distinction is made between infinite regresses that are "vicious" and those that are not. One definition given is that a vicious regress is ''"an attempt to solve a problem which re-introduced the same problem in the proposed solution. If one continues along the same lines, the initial problem will recur infinitely and will never be solved. Not all regresses, however, are vicious."'' | ||
| + | == See also == | ||
| + | * [[Begging the question]] | ||
| + | * [[Cosmological argument]] | ||
| + | * [[Regress argument]] | ||
| + | * [[Turtles all the way down]] | ||
| + | * [[Chicken or the egg]] | ||
| + | * [[Münchhausen Trilemma]] and [[Fallibilism]] | ||
| + | * [[Self-evidence]] | ||
| + | * [[Antecedent-contained deletion]] | ||
| + | * [[First Cause]] | ||
| + | * [[Tabula Rasa]] | ||
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An infinite regress in a series of propositions arises if the truth of proposition P1 requires the support of proposition P2, and for any proposition in the series Pn, the truth of Pn requires the support of the truth of Pn+1. There would never be adequate support for P1, because the infinite sequence needed to provide such support could not be completed.
Distinction is made between infinite regresses that are "vicious" and those that are not. One definition given is that a vicious regress is "an attempt to solve a problem which re-introduced the same problem in the proposed solution. If one continues along the same lines, the initial problem will recur infinitely and will never be solved. Not all regresses, however, are vicious."
See also
- Begging the question
- Cosmological argument
- Regress argument
- Turtles all the way down
- Chicken or the egg
- Münchhausen Trilemma and Fallibilism
- Self-evidence
- Antecedent-contained deletion
- First Cause
- Tabula Rasa
