1 Introduction; 2. Reflection on some historical episodes; 3. The CP and the PSR; objections to the PSR; 4. A modern version of the Hume objection; 5. The anti-theological argument: 'There are no necessary beings'; 6. Modal fatalism; 7. Free will; 8. Quantum mechanics; 9. Turning Leibniz against the PSR; 10. What survives the criticisms of the PSR?; justification of the PSR; 11. Self-evidence; 12. Three Thomistic arguments; 13. Modal arguments; 14. Is the universe reasonable?; 15. Explanation of negative states of affairs; 16. The puzzle of the everyday applicability of the PSR; 17. Inference to the best or only explanation; 18. Inductive scepticism; 19. The nature of possibility; 20. Conclusions.
In this 2006 volume, Alexander Pruss examines the substantive philosophical issues raised by the Principle of Sufficient Reason.
The scope of the book is truly encyclopaedic...Pruss’s book is an
excellent summary of arguments for and against Principle of
Sufficient Reason, and will provide much food for thought for
philosophers of many different persuasions.
- Kevin Davey, University of Chicago, Religious Studies
"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
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