The principle of sufficient reason a reassessment
This volume examines the substantive philosophical issues raised by the Principle of Sufficient Reason (PSR) that states that all contingent facts must have explanation. It discusses various forms of the PSR, and selected historical episodes from Parmenides, Leibnez and Hume.
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Cambridge University Press
2006.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Cambridge studies in philosophy. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b38393578*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedicaition; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 Reflections on Some Historical Episodes; 3 The Causal Principle and the PSR; 4 A Modern Version of the Hume Objection; 5 The Anti-theological Argument That There Are No Necessary Beings; 6 Modal Fatalism; 7 Free Will; 8 Quantum Mechanics; 9 Turning Leibniz against the PSR; 10 What Survives the Criticisms of the PSR?; 11 Self-Evidence; 12 Three Thomistic Arguments; 13 Modal Arguments; 14 Is the Universe Reasonable?; 15 Explanation of Negative States of Affairs.
