On the Impossibility of an Infinite Past: A Reply to Craig [Book Review]

International Journal for Philosophy of Religion 18 (1/2):91 - (1985)
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I show the inadequacy of whitrow's recent argument ("british journal for the philosophy of science", Volume 29, Pages 39-45) against the possibility of an infinite past. I argue that it is impossible to prove "a priori" the non-Existence of an infinite past or future

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