{"product_id":"the-principle-of-sufficient-reason-a-reassessment-paperback-9780521184397","title":"The Principle of Sufficient Reason; A Reassessment (Paperback) 9780521184397","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Principle of Sufficient Reason\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Reassessment\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn this 2006 volume, Alexander Pruss examines the substantive philosophical issues raised by the Principle of Sufficient Reason.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAlexander R. Pruss (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521184397, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 23 December 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e350 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.51 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"This is a masterly treatment of the Principle of Sufficient Reason in a multitude of its philosophical guises and contexts...the book is an excellent achievement, and I can think of no sufficient reason why it should not grace the shelves of any philosopher.\"  --Dean Rickles, University of Calgary: Philosophy in Review\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe Principle of Sufficient Reason (PSR) says that all contingent facts must have explanation. In this 2006 volume, which was the first on the topic in the English language in nearly half a century, Alexander Pruss examines the substantive philosophical issues raised by the Principle Reason. Discussing various forms of the PSR and selected historical episodes, from Parmenides, Leibnez, and Hume, Pruss defends the claim that every true contingent proposition must have an explanation against major objections, including Hume's imaginability argument and Peter van Inwagen's argument that the PSR entails modal fatalism. Pruss also provides a number of positive arguments for the PSR, based on considerations as different as the metaphysics of existence, counterfactuals and modality, negative explanations, and the everyday applicability of the PSR. Moreover, Pruss shows how the PSR would advance the discussion in a number of disparate fields, including meta-ethics and the philosophy of mathematics.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1 Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 2. Reflection on some historical episodes\u003cbr\u003e 3. The CP and the PSR\u003cbr\u003e objections to the PSR\u003cbr\u003e 4. A modern version of the Hume objection\u003cbr\u003e 5. The anti-theological argument: 'There are no necessary beings'\u003cbr\u003e 6. Modal fatalism\u003cbr\u003e 7. Free will\u003cbr\u003e 8. Quantum mechanics\u003cbr\u003e 9. Turning Leibniz against the PSR\u003cbr\u003e 10. What survives the criticisms of the PSR?\u003cbr\u003e justification of the PSR\u003cbr\u003e 11. Self-evidence\u003cbr\u003e 12. Three Thomistic arguments\u003cbr\u003e 13. Modal arguments\u003cbr\u003e 14. Is the universe reasonable?\u003cbr\u003e 15. Explanation of negative states of affairs\u003cbr\u003e 16. The puzzle of the everyday applicability of the PSR\u003cbr\u003e 17. Inference to the best or only explanation\u003cbr\u003e 18. Inductive scepticism\u003cbr\u003e 19. The nature of possibility\u003cbr\u003e 20. 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