Temporal finitism is the idea that time is finite. The philosophy of Aristotle, expressed in such works as his Physics, held that although space was finite, with only void existing beyond the outermost sphere of the heavens, time was infinite. This caused problems for mediaeval Islamic, Jewish, and Christian philosophers, who were unable to reconcile the Aristotelian conception of the eternal with the Abrahamic view of Creation.

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  • @dustyblue9742

    02/18/2025 - 10:02 AM

    First, I guess.

    Also, William Lane Craig makes me sad. He's the only Christian philosopher I know of with a real bent towards analytic philosophy and yet I find myself disagreeing with him on nearly every point.

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