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Anselm's Argument: Divine Necessity by Brian Leftow (William P. Alston Professor of the Philosophy of Religion, William P. Alston Professor of the Philosophy of Religion, Rutgers University) at Abbey's Bookshop,
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Brian Leftow (William P. Alston Professor of the Philosophy of Religion, William P. Alston Professor of the Philosophy of Religion, Rutgers University)

Anselm's Argument

Divine Necessity

Brian Leftow (William P. Alston Professor of the Philosophy of Religion, William P. Alston Professor of the Philosophy of Religion, Rutgers University)

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Oxford University Press
23 June 2022
Western philosophy: Medieval & Renaissance, c 500 to c 1600; Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology; Philosophy of religion
"Anselm of Canterbury gave the first modal ""ontological"" argument for God's existence. Yet, despite its distinct originality, philosophers have mostly avoided the question of what modal concepts the argument uses, and whether Anselm's metaphysics entitles him to use them. Here, Brian Leftow sets out Anselm's modal metaphysics. He argues that Anselm has an ""absolute"", ""broadly logical"", or ""metaphysical"" modal concept, and that his metaphysics provides acceptable truth makers for claims in this modality.

He shows that his modal argument is committed (in effect) to the Brouwer system of modal logic, and defends the claim that Brouwer is part of the logic of ""absolute"" or ""metaphysical"" modality.

He also defends Anselm's premise that God would exist with absolute necessity against all extant objections, providing new arguments in support of it and ultimately defending all but one premise of Anselm's best argument for God's existence."
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Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Edition:   1
Dimensions:   Height: 241mm,  Width: 164mm,  Spine: 25mm
Weight:   1g
ISBN:   9780192896926
ISBN 10:   019289692X
Pages:   332
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Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Brian Leftow is the William P. Alston Professor of the Philosophy of Religion at Rutgers University and an Emeritus Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford. He was previously the Nolloth Professor of the Philosophy of the Christian Religion at the University of Oxford.

Reviews for Anselm's Argument: Divine Necessity

a detailed and robustly defended Anselmian account of perfect being necessity against challenges that have emerged in the history of philosophy after St Anselm * Gaven Kerr, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews *


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