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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 objections to the existence of necessary things.

Produktinformation

  • Utgivningsdatum2018-03-08
  • Mått147 x 223 x 20 mm
  • Vikt418 g
  • FormatInbunden
  • SpråkEngelska
  • Antal sidor232
  • FörlagOUP OXFORD
  • ISBN9780198746898