Necessary existence
"Necessary Existence' breaks ground on one of the deepest questions anyone ever asks: why is there anything? The classic answer is in terms of a necessary foundation. Yet, why think that is the correct answer? Pruss and Rasmussen present an original defense of the hypothesis that there is...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Oxford, UK
Oxford University Press
2018
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| Ausgabe: | First edition |
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | "Necessary Existence' breaks ground on one of the deepest questions anyone ever asks: why is there anything? The classic answer is in terms of a necessary foundation. Yet, why think that is the correct answer? Pruss and Rasmussen present an original defense of the hypothesis that there is a concrete necessary being capable of providing a foundation for the existence of things. They offer six main arguments, divided into six chapters. The first argument is an up-to-date presentation and assessment of a traditional causal-based argument from contingency. The next five arguments are new "possibility-based" arguments that make use of twentieth-century advances in modal logic. The arguments present possible pathways to an intriguing and far-reaching conclusion. The final chapter answers the most challenging objections to the existence of necessary things."-- Introduction -- Metaphysical possibility and necessity -- An argument from contingency -- An argument from possible causes -- From possible causes II -- From modal uniformity -- From necessary abstracts to necessary concreta -- The argument from percetions -- Arguments from a ncessary being |
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| Beschreibung: | Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-215) and index |
| Beschreibung: | viii, 223 pages illustrations |
| ISBN: | 9780198746898 978-0-19-874689-8 019874689X 0-19-874689-X |