| Necessary Existence Contributor(s): Pruss, Alexander R. (Author), Rasmussen, Joshua L. (Author) |
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ISBN: 019874689X ISBN-13: 9780198746898 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $79.80 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Metaphysics - Philosophy | Religious - Religion | Philosophy |
| Dewey: 190 |
| LCCN: 2017954208 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.7" W x 10.1" (0.83 lbs) 232 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |