Grounding the Principle of Sufficient Reason: Leibnizian Rationalism versus the Humean Challenge

In Carlos Fraenkel, Dario Perinetti & Justin E. H. Smith (eds.), The Rationalists: Between Tradition and Innovation. Springer. pp. 201--219 (2010)
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This essay examines arguments offered in support of the Principle of Sufficient Reason (PSR) by Leibniz and his followers as well as Hume's critique of the PSR. It is shown that Leibniz has a defensible argument for the PSR, whereas the arguments of his self-proclaimed followers are weak. Thus, Hume's challenge is met by Leibniz, by Wolff and Baumgarten not so much.

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