Could the Universe, not God, Be the Necessary Being?
02.12.2018gottfried leibniz, leibnizian contingency argument, leibnizian cosmological argument, logical necessity, necessary v. contingent existence, self-refuting
Brute Facts and the Argument from Contingent Beings
06.18.2017contingent being, gottfried wilhelm leibniz, leibnizian cosmological argument, necessary v. contingent existence
Confusing the Leibnizian and Kalām Cosmological Arguments
10.24.2016arguments for gods existence, kalam cosmological argument, leibnizian cosmological argument, metaphysical necessity, necessary v. contingent existence
Much More Ado about Nothing
06.12.2016efficient causation, leibnizian cosmological argument, nothingness
Is the Universe an Object and Does It Matter?
04.10.2016leibnizian cosmological argument, peter van inwagen, principle of sufficient reason
Necessary but Dependent Beings?
01.25.2016ab alio existence, leibnizian cosmological argument, necessary v. contingent existence
Questions about Leibniz’s Cosmological Argument
08.11.2014argumentation, lawrence krauss, leibnizian cosmological argument, nothingness
Necessity and the Argument from Contingency
07.14.2014contingency argument, divine aseity, leibnizian cosmological argument, metaphysical necessity, modality
Infinite Regress and the Leibnizian Cosmological Argument
01.16.2012infinite temporal regress, leibnizian cosmological argument, origin of the universe, theories of time
Must Some Contingent Being or Other Exist?
11.28.2011arguments for the existence of god, bede rundle, contingent being, leibnizian cosmological argument