论文标题
数学家读了卡拉姆宇宙论论点
A Mathematician Reads the Kalam Cosmological Argument
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论文摘要
一些基督教的辩护者，尤其是威廉·莱恩·克雷格（William Lane Craig），倡导了关于上帝存在的卡拉姆宇宙学论点。该论点的一个版本在很大程度上依靠这样的说法，即物理世界中实际无限的存在是形而上学的不可能。我们强烈批评这一说法，表明它涉及在教条上坚持某些形而上学的前提绝对是不可侵犯的，而实际上实际上说前提不仅是可选的，而且比其他形而上学的主张（最终证明是难以置信的）更容易被过去的思想家，包括过去的Einstein，包括Einstein，包括Einstein，Mis Grugedly to Clung to Clung to clung to to clung to clung to clung to clung to clung to clung to clung to clung to clung to clung to clung to。尽管我们的批评袭击了大多数数学家和物理学家，但却是直接和无争议的毫无争议，但他们遇到了哲学家的抵抗，这表明科学和哲学社区之间存在沟通差距。我们希望本文将有助于弥合这一差距。
Some Christian apologists, notably William Lane Craig, have championed something called the kalam cosmological argument for the existence of God. One version of the argument leans heavily on the claim that the existence of an actual infinite in the physical world is a metaphysical impossibility. We strongly criticize this claim, showing that it involves dogmatically insisting that certain metaphysical premises are absolutely inviolable, when in fact said premises are not only optional, but are far flimsier than other metaphysical claims (eventually shown to be untenable) that great thinkers of the past, including Einstein, have misguidedly clung to. While our criticisms strike most mathematicians and physicists as straightforward and uncontroversial, they have encountered resistance from philosophers, suggesting that there is a communication gap between the scientific and philosophical communities. We hope this paper will help bridge that gap.
