Infinite Regress Arguments

• Main Author: Gratton, Claude (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2009.
• Series: Argumentation Library, 17
• Subjects: Philosophy.; Epistemology.; Logic.; Metaphysics.; Religion > Philosophy.; Philosophy of Religion.; Philosophy, general.

Infinite regress arguments are part of a philosopher's tool kit of argumentation. But how sharp or strong is this tool? How effectively is it used? The typical presentation of infinite regress arguments throughout history is so succinct and has so many gaps that it is often unclear how an infin...

Table of Contents:

• What is an Infinite Regress Argument?
• The Formal and Nonformal Logic of Infinite Concatenating Regresses
• Viciousness
• Circular Definitions, Circular Explanations, and Infinite Regresses
• Infinite Regresses and Recurring Questions
• Infinite Regresses of Recurring Problems and Responses.