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Necessary existence / Alexander R. Pruss and Joshua L. Rasmussen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pruss, Alexander R., author.
- Rasmussen, Joshua L., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Essentialism (Philosophy).
- Ontology.
- Necessity (Philosophy).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 223 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018.
- Summary:
- '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.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- This edition previously issued in print: 2018.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on February 27, 2018).
- ISBN:
- 0-19-106389-4
- 0-19-180911-X
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