God and necessity

Modal basics -- Some solutions -- Theist solutions -- The ontology of possibility -- Modal truthmakers -- Modality and the divine nature -- Deity as essential -- Against deity theories -- The role of deity -- The Biggest Bang -- Divine concepts -- Concepts, syntax, and actualism -- Modality: basic n...

Full description

Saved in:  
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Leftow, Brian 1956- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Subito Delivery Service: Order now.
Check availability: HBZ Gateway
Fernleihe:Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste
Published: Oxford [u.a.] Oxford University Press 2015
In:Year: 2015
Edition:1. publ. in paperback
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Philosophy
B Proof of God's existence / Modality
Further subjects:B Necessity (philosophy)
B God Proof, Ontological
B Possibility
Description
Summary:Modal basics -- Some solutions -- Theist solutions -- The ontology of possibility -- Modal truthmakers -- Modality and the divine nature -- Deity as essential -- Against deity theories -- The role of deity -- The Biggest Bang -- Divine concepts -- Concepts, syntax, and actualism -- Modality: basic notions -- The genesis of secular modality -- Modal reality -- Essences -- Non-secular modalities -- Theism and modal semantics -- Freedom, preference, and cost -- Explaining modal status -- Explaining the necessary -- Against theistic Platonism -- Worlds and the existence of God
Item Description:Originally published: 2012
Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:019873896X