Rob Koons vs Alex Malpass: Does the Universe Have a Cause?

Resources:
Alex Malpass:
All the Time in the World: philpapers.org...
Endless and Infinite (co-authored with Wes Morriston): philpapers.org...
Robert Koons:
A New Kalam Argument: Revenge of the Grim Reaper: philpapers.org...
A new look at the cosmological argument: philpapers.org...
Keywords:
Keywords
first cause, universal causation, time, material causation, branching model, causation, metaphysics, universe, causeable things, set theory, time, direction of time, prime mover, Grim Reaper argument, aggregation structure argument, branching model of time, metaphysics, cosmological argument, Grim Reaper paradox, epistemology, principle of sufficient reason, free will, responsibility, indeterminism, determinism

[@pascalbercker7487]

Give my regards to Prof. Wes Morriston - I was a grad student in one of his classes on Hume and philosophy of Religion. I meant to complete my PH.D. at CU Boulder - but life had other plans - and now find myself in France for very complicated reasons. He was by far one of my favorite profs. at CU Boulder (where also I had the time of my life during the 7 years I was there. Leaving Boulder Colorado was the worst decision I ever made in my life.). Do fix that microphone!

[@whatsinaname691]

Appreciate the reupload. I was having trouble getting through the first one. Hopefully this one has fixed all of the hijinks

[@pascalbercker7487]

As I understand the argument we can simply say that there NEVER was a time when the universe did not exist - it has ALWAYS existed - in which case the question about HOW it got started simply does not arise. One might object to the notion that the universe has ALWAYS existed, but that's a separate question.

[@TheRealisticNihilist]

This is unwatchable because of how bad Malpass' mic is.

[@TheRepugnantConclusion]

Apologies for that one :/

[@barry.anderberg]

It's not THAT bad

[@chasetherushpodcast2534]

Can't you run this thru an AI noise fixer of some sort? I wanna watch it but can't get past malplass audio

[@TheRepugnantConclusion]

@@chasetherushpodcast2534 I’ll see. I’d have to reupload it again

[@chasetherushpodcast2534]

@@TheRepugnantConclusion please please please.

[@chasetherushpodcast2534]

@@TheRepugnantConclusion I think maybe you will get more views if you do.

[@TheRepugnantConclusion]

@@chasetherushpodcast2534 my editor thinks that running it through more edits may make it seem unnatural

[@TheRepugnantConclusion]

@@chasetherushpodcast2534 it might get a bit robotic