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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
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On a principle of sufficient reason
Religious Studies, 2003 In The Metaphysics of Creation and The Metaphysics of Theism, Norman Kretzmann defends an argument for God's existence which he claims to find in Aquinas. I assess this argument's key premise, a principle of sufficient reason, that: ‘PSR2: Every existing thing has a reason for its existence either in the necessity of its own nature or in the causal ...
Brian Leftow
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Kant and the Principle of Sufficient Reason [PDF]
The Review of Metaphysics, 2021 Leibniz, and many following him, saw the Principle of Sufficient Reason (PSR) as pivotal to a scientific (demonstrated) metaphysics. Against this backdrop, Kant is expected to pay close attention to PSR in his reflections on the possibility of ...
Lu-Adler, Huaping
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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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On Kant’s Transcendental Argument(s) [PDF]
Con-textos Kantianos: International Journal of Philosophy, 2016 Presented in the “Critique of Pure Reason” transcendental philosophy is the first theory of science, which seeks to identify and study the conditions of the possibility of cognition.
Sergey Katrechko
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Kant’s Humanism: A Loophole in the Principle of Sufficient Reason [PDF]
Journal of Philosophical InvestigationsI 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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The Principle of Sufficient Reason and Free Will [PDF]
Stance: An International Undergraduate Philosophy Journal, 2010 I examine Leibniz’s version of the Principle of Sufficient Reason with respect to free will, paying particular attention to Peter van Inwagen’s argument that this principle leads to determinism. Ultimately I conclude that Leibniz’s formulation is incompatible with free will.
McAllister, Blake
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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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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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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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