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1 online resource |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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"Leibniz states that 'metaphysics is natural theology', and this is especially true of his metaphysics of modality. In this book, Michael V. Griffin examines the deep connection between the two and the philosophical consequences which follow from it. Grounding many of Leibniz's modal conceptions in his theology, Griffin develops a new interpretation of the ontological argument in Leibniz and Descartes. This interpretation demonstrates that their understanding God's necessary existence cannot be construed in contemporary modal logical terms. He goes on to develop a necessitarian interpretation of Leibniz, arguing that Leibniz, like Spinoza, is committed to the thesis that everything actual is metaphysically necessary, but that Leibniz rejects Spinoza's denial of God's moral perfection. His book will appeal to scholars of early modern philosophy and philosophers interested in modal metaphysics and the philosophy of religion"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Descartes's arguments for God's existence -- The ontological argument, the principle of sufficient reason and Leibniz's doctrine of striving possibles -- Necessitarianism in Spinoza and Leibniz -- Leibniz on compossibility and possible worlds -- Molina on divine foreknowledge -- Leibniz on middle knowledge -- Leibniz on God's knowledge of counterfactuals. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Freiherr von, 1646-1716.
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Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Freiherr von, 1646-1716. |
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God.
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God. |
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God -- Proof, Ontological.
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God -- Proof, Ontological. |
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Necessity (Philosophy)
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Necessity (Philosophy) |
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Griffin, Michael V. Leibniz, God, and necessity. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013 9780521117081 (DLC) 2012018842 (OCoLC)796001769 |
| ISBN |
9781139839532 (electronic book) |
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1139839535 (electronic book) |
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9781139022286 (electronic book) |
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1139022288 (electronic book) |
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1283836122 |
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9781283836128 |
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9781139844277 (e-book) |
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113984427X (e-book) |
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9780521117081 |
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0521117089 |
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