Mackie Flashcards
1
Q
According to mackie, are the premises or conclusion of Aquinas argument inadequate?
A
The conclusion
2
Q
How does mackie suggest that Aquinas restructure his argument?
A
1) Impermanent things must sometimes not exist
2) What does not exist comes to be by something that does
C) every impermanent thing can be traced back to something permanent
3) permanent things can depend on other permanent things for their existence
4) there can be no infinite regress
C) there must be some permanent thing that does not rely on other things to exist
3
Q
What point does mackie make in criticism of Aquinas?
A
He asks why the unmoved mover has to be God and why there can’t be multiple unmoved movers.
