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The principle of sufficient reason in German philosophy of the Enlight-enment [PDF]

Кантовский сборник, 2013
In the 18th century, a philosophical dispute over the Principle of sufficient reason arose in Germany. Despite the fact that this Principe was explicitly formulated by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz only at the end of the 17th century, a major dispute about ...
Fetisova D.
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Skepticism and the principle of sufficient reason [PDF]

Philosophical Studies, 2020
AbstractThe Principle of Sufficient Reason must be justified dialectically: by showing the disastrous consequences of denying it. We formulate a version of the Principle that is restricted to basic natural facts, which entails the obtaining of at least one supernatural fact. Denying this principle results in extreme empirical skepticism.
Robert C Koons, Alexander R Pruss, Koons Robert C   +2 more
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Schopenhauer׳s interpretation of “The Principle of Sufficient Reason” [PDF]

حکمت و فلسفه, 2011
The principle of sufficient reason is one of the most significant philosophical principles. Arthur Schopenhauer, the well-known German philosopher, has emphasized on this principle and taken it as the entrance key element to his philosophical system.
abdollah amini, mohammad javad safian
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Kant’s Humanism: A Loophole in the Principle of Sufficient Reason [PDF]

Journal of Philosophical Investigations
I consider the principle of sufficient reason (henceforth, PSR) as it functions in both Leibniz and Kant. The issue separating these thinkers is a modal status of absolute contingency, which is exempt from PSR insofar as it is neither logically necessary,
Daniel Dal Monte
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Indefinite extensibility and the principle of sufficient reason [PDF]

Philosophical Studies, 2020
The principle of sufficient reason threatens modal collapse. Some have suggested that by appealing to the indefinite extensibility of contingent truth, the threat is neutralized. This paper argues that this is not so. If the indefinite extensibility of contingent truth is developed in an analogous fashion to the most promising models of the indefinite ...
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Leibniz’s Dual Concept of Probability

Journal of Modern Philosophy, 2022
Leibniz uses the concept of probability in both epistemic and non-epistemic contexts, as do many of his contemporaries. Some commentators have claimed that this dual-use is inexact or confused.
Binyamin Eisner
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Incompatibilism and the Principle of Sufficient Reason in Kant’s 'Nova Dilucidatio'

Journal of Modern Philosophy, 2022
The consensus is that in his 1755 'Nova Dilucidatio', Kant endorsed broadly Leibnizian compatibilism, then switched to a strongly incompatibilist position in the early 1760s.
Aaron Wells
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A Changed Understanding of Miracles in Religious Tourism

International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage, 2022
In this modern age, an unsceptical acceptance of supernatural events–those which cannot be explained as part of the natural order of things–is less common than it once was.
Stephen Haller
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Was Clarke a Voluntarist?

Journal of Modern Philosophy, 2022
The distinction between voluntarism and intellectualism has recently been criticized for inaccurately characterising early modern theories of divine freedom.
Lukas Wolf
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Untangling Determinism: Revisiting the Principle of Sufficient Reason in the * Post-Avicennian Debates on Free Will [PDF]

Nazariyat: Journal for the History of Islamic Philosophy and Sciences, 2023
Avicenna was one of the premodern philosophers who argued for the Principle of Sufficient Reason (PSR), namely the claim that everything has a cause and that no uncaused beings can exist.
10.12658/Nazariyat.9.2.M0210en
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