Leibniz, God and Necessity

ISBN-13: 9780521117081 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 204 str.

Michael Griffin

Opis

Presents a necessitarian interpretation of Leibniz which grounds modal concepts in theology.

Recenzje

'… provides an interesting and thought-provoking revision to the ontological argument, understood not as a logical demonstration but as a search for the (not strictly logical) reasons grounding God's existence. Griffin's book is admirably clear and concise and should be accessible to advanced students and scholars of any field.' Larry M. Jorgensen, International Journal for Philosophy of Religion

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Descartes's arguments for God's existence; 2. The ontological argument, the principle of sufficient reason and Leibniz's doctrine of striving possibles; 3. Necessitarianism in Spinoza and Leibniz; 4. Leibniz on compossibility and possible worlds; 5. Molina on divine foreknowledge; 6. Leibniz on middle knowledge; 7. Leibniz on God's knowledge of counterfactuals.