Craig on the actual infinite

WES MORRISTON
2002 Religious Studies: An International Journal for the Philosophy of Religion  
In a series of much discussed articles and books, William Lane Craig defends the view that the past could not consist in a beginningless series of events. In the present paper, I cast a critical eye on just one part of Craig's case for the finitude of the past -viz. his philosophical argument against the possibility of actually infinite sets of objects in the ' real world '. I shall try to show that this argument is unsuccessful. I shall also take a close look at several considerations that are
more » ... often thought to favour the possibility of an actual infinite, arguing in each case that Craig's response is inadequate.
doi:10.1017/s0034412502005978 fatcat:xynx3l7y4fhxjchonptytlqrhm