The principle of sufficient reason
Subtitle: a reassessment
By: Alexander R. Pruss.
Series: Cambridge studies in philosophy and law
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 350
Subjects: Sufficient reason.
Description: "The Principle of Sufficient Reason (PSR) says that all contingent facts must have explanations. In this volume, the first on the topic in the English language in nearly half a century, Alexander Pruss examines the substantive philosophical issues raised by the PSR, which currently is considered primarily within the context of various cosmological arguments for the existence of God. Discussing several forms of the PSR and selected historical episodes from Parmenides, Aquinas, Leibniz, Hume, and Kant, Pruss defends the claim that every true contingent proposition must have an explanation against major objections, including Hume's imaginability argument and Peter van Inwagen's argument that the PSR entails modal fatalism."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.