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If the Big Bang marks the edge of a theory rather than a beginning, what is left of the kalām’s physics?
I studied physics, and I get asked about this a lot by friends who have watched debates online. Here is what I think the physics actually says. The hot Big Bang phase of the observable universe has a finite age, about 13.8…
Started by Lars Eriksen5 replies -
What was Hasdai Crescas’s case that an actual infinite is possible?
I translate between Hebrew and Arabic, mostly contracts. A client recently asked me to look at some passages from Crescas's Or Hashem (Light of the Lord) and I have been reading around them ever since, including Harry Wolfson's old study of Crescas's…
Started by Tal Rosen5 replies