The Principle of Sufficient Reason: A ReassessmentCambridge University Press, 20 Μαρ 2006 The Principle of Sufficient Reason (PSR) says that all contingent facts must have explanation. In this 2006 volume, which was the first on the topic in the English language in nearly half a century, Alexander Pruss examines the substantive philosophical issues raised by the Principle Reason. Discussing various forms of the PSR and selected historical episodes, from Parmenides, Leibnez, and Hume, 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. Pruss also provides a number of positive arguments for the PSR, based on considerations as different as the metaphysics of existence, counterfactuals and modality, negative explanations, and the everyday applicability of the PSR. Moreover, Pruss shows how the PSR would advance the discussion in a number of disparate fields, including meta-ethics and the philosophy of mathematics. |
Περιεχόμενα
Ενότητα 1 | 20 |
Ενότητα 2 | 41 |
Ενότητα 3 | 75 |
Ενότητα 4 | 82 |
Ενότητα 5 | 97 |
Ενότητα 6 | 126 |
Ενότητα 7 | 160 |
Ενότητα 8 | 163 |
Ενότητα 11 | 189 |
Ενότητα 12 | 209 |
Ενότητα 13 | 231 |
Ενότητα 14 | 249 |
Ενότητα 15 | 252 |
Ενότητα 16 | 254 |
Ενότητα 17 | 280 |
Ενότητα 18 | 295 |
Ενότητα 9 | 171 |
Ενότητα 10 | 184 |
Ενότητα 19 | 299 |
Ενότητα 20 | 321 |
Άλλες εκδόσεις - Προβολή όλων
The Principle of Sufficient Reason: A Reassessment Alexander R. Pruss Δεν υπάρχει διαθέσιμη προεπισκόπηση - 2006 |
The Principle of Sufficient Reason: A Reassessment Alexander R. Pruss Δεν υπάρχει διαθέσιμη προεπισκόπηση - 2010 |
Συχνά εμφανιζόμενοι όροι και φράσεις
absurd accept action actual actual world affairs allow Alternately apple apply argue argument Aristotelian BCCF causal cause choice choose chose claim complete concepts conjunction consider contingent course depends distinction entails entities essence event evidence ex nihilo existence explanans explanation explanatory fact fails fall false first follows freely further give given grounds happen hence holds human identity inference infinite initial instance intuitions Jones kind laws of nature least libertarian logically matter mean metaphysical modal moral namely necessarily necessary Note notion objection Observe occurred once perhaps person physical plausible positive possible worlds preceding premises principle prior probability problem properties proposition quantum mechanics question reason regress relation require response seems self-evident self-explanatory sense shows simply Socrates sort substance sufficient suppose talk theory things thought true true proposition truth truthmaker understand universe virtue