A number of different cosmological arguments -- such as the Kalam Cosmological Argument, the contingency argument, Aquinas's First Mover argument, etc -- rely on a sub-argument that attempts to establish that there are no infinite causal chains. Let's call the principle that there are no infinite causal chains no-infinite-causal-chains. And many cosmological arguments rely on … Continue reading Bertrand Russell and Infinite Causal Series