The Collaborative International Dictionary
infinite regress \infinite regress\, infinite regression \infinite regression\n. (Philosophy, Logic) A causal relationship transmitted through an indefinite number of terms in a series, with no term that begins the causal chain.
Usage examples of "infinite regression".
Will we ever come to an end in our understanding of the nature of matter, or is there an infinite regression into more and more fundamental particles?
A simple infinite regression of second-guessing and double-thinking has dismissed those.
And so, today, he floated here, watching the programme he had made for his daughter, Mileja, on how the universe began -the story of the snake that swallowed its tail - a story of infinite repetition, infinite regression.
What I'm saying is that to argue as they do is to head into an infinite regression—.
Not just forty-two hundred years, either, but an infinite regression.
She intuited that asking for an explanation would only lead to an infinite regression of such questions.
Baughman said breathlessly as they turned a sudden corner and confronted another infinite regression of knee-knockers.
What I'm saying is that to argue as they do is to head into an infinite regression-back to first causes, which are always untrustworthy.
What I'm saying is that to argue as they do is to head into an infinite regression -- back to first causes, which are always untrustworthy.