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Necessary Existence

By Pruss, Alexander R

Necessary Existence

By Pruss, Alexander R

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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 objection to the existence of necessary things.
Product details
Number of Pages:
232
Release Date:
2018-05-08
Publication Date:
2018-05-01
Publisher:
Oxford University Press(UK)
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
019874689X
ISBN13:
9780198746898
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
429 g
Height:
145 cm
Width:
222 cm
Thickness:
16 cm
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