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God and necessity
Oxford: Oxford University Press (2012)
Abstract
Brian Leftow offers a theist theory of necessity and possibility, and a new sort of argument for God's existence. He argues that necessities of logic and mathematics are determined by God's nature, but that it is events in God's mind - his imagination and choice - that account for necessary truths about concrete creatures.Author's Profile
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BT103.L44 2012
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9780199263356 019873896X 0199263353
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Modality and the divine nature
This chapter surveys the options for constructing a theist modal metaphysics. It discusses the views of Plotinus, Aquinas, Leibniz and Descartes, rejecting arguments for these views and criticizing Aquinas at some length.
Against deity theories
The dominant — indeed the almost universal—sort of theist modal metaphysics bases all of modal truth somehow on the content of deity. This chapter provides an extended argument that we should reject this sort of view if there is a viable alternative.
The role of deity
This chapter begins construction of an alternative to the ‘deity theory’ tradition by considering what the divine nature would contribute to the view. It explains the concept of a secular truth as a preliminary to providing a modal metaphysics that applies to them. In particular, it argues... see more
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