Description
| Product ID: | 9780198746898 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Necessary Existence |
| Authors: | Author: Alexander R. Pruss, Joshua L. Rasmussen |
| Page Count: | 232 |
| Subjects: | Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Nature and existence of God and of the Divine, Nature & existence of God |
| Description: | Necessary Existence breaks ground on one of the deepest questions anyone ever asks: why is there anything? Pruss and Rasmussen present an original defence of the hypothesis that there is a necessarily existing being capable of providing an ultimate foundation for the existence of all things. 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. |
| Imprint Name: | Oxford University Press |
| Publisher Name: | Oxford University Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2018-03-08 |
