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Infinite Regress Arguments

Part of the Argumentation Library Book Series (volume 17)

DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-3341-3

ISBN: 978-90-481-3340-6

Publisher: Springer Netherlands - Springer Journals

Nov 27, 2009

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Chapter 1What is an Infinite Regress Argument?

Gratton, Claude

Pages: 1 –56

[According to philosophers’ linguistic practice of the past many centuries, certain propositions entail infinite regresses (e.g., event2 caused event1, event3 caused event2, ad infinitum), and most infinite regresses are used as premises to support various conclusions. Since only propositions can...
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Chapter 2The Formal and Nonformal Logic of Infinite Concatenating Regresses

Gratton, Claude

Pages: 57 –100

[In this chapter I will explore the logic governing derivations of infinite concatenating regresses. There are at least two reasons why it is important to understand this logic: it will help us to improve our presentation and evaluation of infinite regress arguments that use concatenating...
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Chapter 3Viciousness

Gratton, Claude

Pages: 101 –130

[In the previous two chapters we have focused mainly on the derivation of infinite regresses. In this chapter we will concentrate some of our attention on the subordinate argument within an infinite regress argument that shows that the result entailed by an infinite regress is unacceptable. As...
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Chapter 4Circular Definitions, Circular Explanations, and Infinite Regresses

Gratton, Claude

Pages: 131 –146

[We have been examining in the previous chapters how some infinite regresses are generated, and we have observed that most infinite regresses are used to refute at least one statement involved in the entailment of vicious regresses. Infinite regresses are sometimes used to reject circular...
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Chapter 5Infinite Regresses and Recurring Questions

Gratton, Claude

Pages: 147 –157

[The infinite regress in some infinite regress arguments is presented or described in terms of recurring questions and answers. There are a few reasons why I want to examine the role of such recurring questions. First, they are sometimes used to capture the gist of an infinite regress argument. A...
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Chapter 6Infinite Regresses of Recurring Problems and Responses

Gratton, Claude

Pages: 159 –192

[In this chapter I will examine infinite regress arguments that are presented or analyzed in terms of recurring problems and solutions. Such arguments are typically characterized in this way:]

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