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Leibniz, God and Necessity Michael V. Griffin (Central European University, Budapest)

Leibniz, God and Necessity By Michael V. Griffin (Central European University, Budapest)

Leibniz, God and Necessity by Michael V. Griffin (Central European University, Budapest)


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This book contains a new interpretation of the ontological argument in Leibniz and Descartes and develops a necessitarian interpretation of Leibniz in which his central modal concepts are grounded. It will appeal to scholars of early modern philosophy and philosophers interested in modal metaphysics and the philosophy of religion.

Leibniz, God and Necessity Summary

Leibniz, God and Necessity by Michael V. Griffin (Central European University, Budapest)

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.

Leibniz, God and Necessity Reviews

' provides an interesting and thought-provoking revision to the ontological argument, understood not as a logical demonstration but as a search for the (not strictly logical) reasons grounding God's existence. Griffin's book is admirably clear and concise and should be accessible to advanced students and scholars of any field.' Larry M. Jorgensen, International Journal for Philosophy of Religion

About Michael V. Griffin (Central European University, Budapest)

Michael V. Griffin is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the Central European University.

Table of Contents

Introduction; 1. Descartes's arguments for God's existence; 2. The ontological argument, the principle of sufficient reason and Leibniz's doctrine of striving possibles; 3. Necessitarianism in Spinoza and Leibniz; 4. Leibniz on compossibility and possible worlds; 5. Molina on divine foreknowledge; 6. Leibniz on middle knowledge; 7. Leibniz on God's knowledge of counterfactuals.

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NPB9780521117081
9780521117081
0521117089
Leibniz, God and Necessity by Michael V. Griffin (Central European University, Budapest)
New
Hardback
Cambridge University Press
2012-11-15
204
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