All the time in the world

Malpass, Alex

doi:10.1093/mind/fzaa086

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“…The Kalām cosmological argument, as championed by Craig (1979), is an argument largely concerned with demonstrating that the temporal series of events cannot regress infinitely. One argument Craig offers in support of this thesis, as titled by Malpass (2021), is the 'Successive Addition Argument', or the SAA. The SAA is stated by Craig (1979, p. 103) as follows:…”

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Properties, Collections, and the Successive Addition Argument: A Reply to Malpass

Dagher

2023

Philosophia

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The Successive Addition Argument (SAA) is one of the key arguments espoused by William Lane Craig for the thesis that the universe began to exist. Recently, Malpass, Mind, 131(523), 786–804 (2021) has developed a challenge to the SAA by way of constructing a counterexample that originates in the work of Fred Dretske. In this paper, I show that the Malpass-Dretske counterexample is in fact no counterexample to the argument. Utilizing a distinction between properties of members and properties of collections, I argue that Malpass’ counterexample has no bearing on the soundness of the SAA. I also develop a novel parity argument against Malpass’ argument that I demonstrate can only be resolved by way of the aforementioned analysis.

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“…(3) Therefore, the temporal series of events cannot be an actual infinite. Malpass (2021) has recently produced a novel challenge to the SAA, based on the work of Dretske (1965). Malpass argues that there exists a clear counterexample to (2), and thus the argument is not sound.…”

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Properties, Collections, and the Successive Addition Argument: A Reply to Malpass

Dagher

2023

Philosophia

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“…Currently, the standard unit of measurement of time is the second, which is defined based on the measurement of the range of electron jumps in the cesium atom, which is element 55 of the periodic table. Time has a high social importance and due to the limitation of time in a day and night and human life, it has a special economic and personal value (Builes, 2022;Malpass, 2021;McAllister, 2020). Artificial intelligence is a subject that is widely used humans.…”

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The Art of Human Participation Against Aertifical Intelligence With Geospatial Information System in the Tourism Industry

FALLAH,

KARAMI,

KOJOURI

2023

GTG

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The development of the tourism industry is very important for developing countries that are facing problems such as high unemployment rates, a distorted international image, limited foreign exchange resources, and a single-product economy, especially oil. Investing in this industry, which is considered a human art, is measured based on the public health of each country and will be the basis for tourists' decisions as a tourist destination. The purpose of this research is to investigate public decision-making in different temporal and spatial conditions based on psychological events. This fact is a must for the tourism industry of a society that must be managed. Then we challenge the artificial intelligence to realize that, entrusting rational decisions can replace human thinking. The methods of this study are based on NPGIS software, where decision-making methods and statistical sampling are determined together. Therefore, the study methods and a case example are presented just to know. Because it has transnational applications. The results show that: entrusting spatial decisions (space-time-place) to artificial intelligence is only possible if we consider the consequences. Finally, time and the criteria related to it show their key role. The fusion of space sciences with the tourism industry can be related to all the industrial and money-making sectors of a country. It seems easy to make an AI that works correctly once a day, but if it tries to do the same thing several times in a day, it becomes more prone to errors.

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“…For some representative criticisms, seeLeon (2019) and the references therein. For recent criticisms of the argument from successive addition against a beginningless past, seeMorriston (2022),Malpass (2022), andLeon (2011). For recent criticisms of the argument from the impossibility of actual infinites, seeMalpass and Morriston (2020),Hedrick (2014), andRasmussen and Leon (2019, ch.…”

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Branching actualism and cosmological arguments

Schmid

Malpass

2023

Philos Stud

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We draw out significant consequences of a relatively popular theory of metaphysical modality-branching actualism-for cosmological arguments for God's existence. According to branching actualism, every possible world shares an initial history with the actual world and diverges only because causal powers (or dispositions, or some such) are differentially exercised. We argue that branching actualism undergirds successful responses to two recent cosmological arguments: the Grim Reaper Kalam argument and a modal argument from contingency. We also argue that branching actualism affords a response to one popular defense of the classic contingency argument. What results are new difficulties for several cosmological arguments arising from the metaphysics of modality.

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All the time in the world

Cited by 5 publications

References 14 publications

Properties, Collections, and the Successive Addition Argument: A Reply to Malpass

Properties, Collections, and the Successive Addition Argument: A Reply to Malpass

The Art of Human Participation Against Aertifical Intelligence With Geospatial Information System in the Tourism Industry

Branching actualism and cosmological arguments

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