Infinite Regress Arguments - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Infinite Regress Arguments write by Jan Willem Wieland. This book was released on 2014-04-26. Infinite Regress Arguments available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book on infinite regress arguments provides (i) an up-to-date overview of the literature on the topic, (ii) ready-to-use insights for all domains of philosophy, and (iii) two case studies to illustrate these insights in some detail. Infinite regress arguments play an important role in all domains of philosophy. There are infinite regresses of reasons, obligations, rules, and disputes, and all are supposed to have their own moral. Yet most of them are involved in controversy. Hence the question is: what exactly is an infinite regress argument, and when is such an argument a good one?
Infinite Regress Arguments
Infinite Regress Arguments - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Infinite Regress Arguments write by Claude Gratton. This book was released on 2009-12-15. Infinite Regress Arguments available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Infinite regress arguments are part of a philosopher's tool kit of argumentation. But how sharp or strong is this tool? How effectively is it used? The typical presentation of infinite regress arguments throughout history is so succinct and has so many gaps that it is often unclear how an infinite regress is derived, and why an infinite regress is logically problematic, and as a result, it is often difficult to evaluate infinite regress arguments. These consequences of our customary way of using this tool indicate that there is a need for a theory to re-orient our practice. My general approach to contribute to such a theory, consists of collecting and evaluating as many infinite regress arguments as possible, comparing and contrasting many of the formal and non-formal properties, looking for recurring patterns, and identifying the properties that appeared essential to those patterns. Two very general questions guided this work: (1) How are infinite regresses generated in infinite regress arguments? (2) How do infinite regresses logically function as premises in an argument? In answering these questions I clarify the notion of an infinite regress; identify different logical forms of infinite regresses; describe different kinds of infinite regress arguments; distinguish the rhetoric from the logic in infinite regress arguments; and suggest ways of improving our discussion and our practice of constructing and evaluating these arguments.
The Kalam Cosmological Argument, Volume 1
The Kalam Cosmological Argument, Volume 1 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Kalam Cosmological Argument, Volume 1 write by Paul Copan. This book was released on 2017-11-16. The Kalam Cosmological Argument, Volume 1 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Did the universe begin to exist? If so, did it have a cause? Or could it have come into existence uncaused, from nothing? These questions are taken up by the medieval-though recently-revived-kalam cosmological argument, which has arguably been the most discussed philosophical argument for God's existence in recent decades. The kalam's line of reasoning maintains that the series of past events cannot be infinite but rather is finite. Since the universe could not have come into being uncaused, there must be a transcendent cause of the universe's beginning, a conclusion supportive of theism. This anthology on the philosophical arguments for the finitude of the past asks: Is an infinite series of past events metaphysically possible? Should actual infinites be restricted to theoretical mathematics, or can an actual infinite exist in the concrete world? These essays by kalam proponents and detractors engage in lively debate about the nature of infinity and its conundrums; about frequently-used kalam argument paradoxes of Tristram Shandy, the Grim Reaper, and Hilbert's Hotel; and about the infinity of the future.
Theism and Ultimate Explanation
Theism and Ultimate Explanation - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Theism and Ultimate Explanation write by Timothy O'Connor. This book was released on 2012-02-20. Theism and Ultimate Explanation available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An expansive, yet succinct, analysis of the Philosophy of Religion – from metaphysics through theology. Organized into two sections, the text first examines truths concerning what is possible and what is necessary. These chapters lay the foundation for the book’s second part – the search for a metaphysical framework that permits the possibility of an ultimate explanation that is correct and complete. A cutting-edge scholarly work which engages with the traditional metaphysician’s quest for a true ultimate explanation of the most general features of the world we inhabit Develops an original view concerning the epistemology and metaphysics of modality, or truths concerning what is possible or necessary Applies this framework to a re-examination of the cosmological argument for theism Defends a novel version of the Leibnizian cosmological argument
Brentano's Mind
Brentano's Mind - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Brentano's Mind write by Markus Textor. This book was released on 2017. Brentano's Mind available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Mark Textor presents a critical study of the work of one of the most important thinkers of the 19th century. How is the mental distinct from the physical? What must awareness of seeing, hearing, etc. be like to be infallible? What does the unity of a conscious mental life consist in? Textor shows how Brentano helps us to answer these questions
