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Why is There a World AT ALL, Rather Than Just Nothing?
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Grünbaum, Adolf |
| Copyright Year | 2009 |
| Abstract | The titular question here “Why is There A World AT ALL, Rather Than Just Nothing?” is a fusion of two successive queries posed by Leibniz in 1697 and 1714. He did so to lay the groundwork for his explanatory theistic answer. But the present paper offers (i) A very unfavorable verdict from my critical scrutiny of the explanatory demand made by Leibniz, and (ii) My argument for the complete failure of his interrogative ontological challenge as a springboard for his and Richard Swinburne’s creationist theistic answer. I argue under (i) that Leibniz’s explanatory demand is an ill-conceived non-starter which poses a pseudo issue. Thus, his and Swinburne’s case for divine creation miscarries altogether. My collateral conclusion: The philosophical enterprise need not be burdened at all by Leibniz’s ontological query, because it is just a will-o’-the-wisp. |
| Starting Page | 7 |
| Ending Page | 19 |
| Page Count | 13 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.ontologia.net/studies/2009/gruenbaum_2009.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://denniscosmos.com/uploads/3/1/8/4/3184873/gruenbaum_2009.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://stafforini.com/existence/Grunbaum%20-%20Why%20is%20there%20a%20world%20at%20all,%20rather%20than%20just%20nothing.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
