Come, and take choice of all my library,
And so beguile thy sorrow. - William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus
The Infinite! No other question has ever moved so profoundly the spirit of man; no other idea has so fruitfully stimulated his intellect; yet no other concept stands in greater need of clarification than that of the infinite. - David Hilbert
The is a response to Wes Morriston's "Craig on the actual infinite" (2002).
The last reply is from Morriston against Craig called "Beginningless Past and Endless Future: Reply to Craig". The essay isn't divided into sections but I'll do my best to address ideas as they arise topically in Morriston's response. I confess that Morriston response was not a little vexatious. I wanted there to be the kind of point-counterpoint one expects after the conceptual groundwork had been laid. I make no airs about my support for Craig. He just happens to persuade me. A thrill I get when I read philosophy is when all the groundwork is taken into account in one's response: the point-counterpoint makes progress, the unfurling of the dialectic is undeniably distinct, and my intellect is impelled to take pause. Unfortunately, this didn't happen. But what I attribute to Morriston's failure may be my own and I always stand corrected from my intellectual betters.
This is a response to Dr. Wes Morriston's essay 'Beginningless Past, Endless Future, and The Actual Infinite.' Much of what I'll say I've already said in the previous six blogs of this series. But I will elaborate if needed. This essay was published in 2010. Morriston has written another essay entitled, 'Craig on the Actual Infinite', published back in 2002. Craig responded to Morriston(2010) in 2010, and Morriston has responded to Craig(2010) in 2012. This will be a response to Morriston(2010) utilizing many of the main points of Craig(2010). In the next blog, I want to briefly unpack Craig(2010). Then I will contend that Morriston(2012)'s reply missed much of what Craig(2010) was trying to say. After this, I will touch on Morriston(2002) to see if there is anything new I can note on the symmetry issues between me and Alex.
