5 Citations
Leibnizian Cosmological Arguments
- Philosophy
- 2017
A cosmological argument takes some cosmic feature of the universe—such as the existence of contingent things or the fact of motion—that calls out for explanation, and argues that this feature is to…
Free will, determinism, and moral responsibility
- Philosophy
- 2014
The first half of this thesis is a survey of the PSR, followed by consideration of arguments for and against the principle. This survey spans from the Ancient Greeks to the present day, and gives the…
The Leibnizian Cosmological Argument
- Philosophy
- 2009
A cosmological argument takes some cosmic feature of the universe – such as the existence of contingent things or the fact of motion – that calls out for an explanation and argues that this feature…
The Principle of Sufficient Reason: A Reassessment
- Philosophy
- 2006
1 Introduction 2. Reflection on some historical episodes 3. The CP and the PSR objections to the PSR 4. A modern version of the Hume objection 5. The anti-theological argument: 'There are no…
The Cosmological Argument
- Philosophy
- 1984
Almost everyone who has reflected on theism is aware of the following argument: “The universe must have had a beginning, since an infinite series, or a set of infinite series, of causes and effects…