God and Necessity
Author | : Brian Leftow |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 588 |
Release | : 2012-09-06 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780199263356 |
ISBN-13 | : 0199263353 |
Rating | : 4/5 (353 Downloads) |
Download or read book God and Necessity written by Brian Leftow and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2012-09-06 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brian Leftow offers a theist theory of necessity and possibility, and a new sort of argument for God's existence. He argues that necessities of logic and mathematics are determined by God's nature, but that it is events in God's mind - His imagination and choice - that account for necessary truths about concrete creatures.