The role of essentially ordered causal series in Avicenna’s proof for the Necessary Existent in the Metaphysics of the Salvation
dc.contributor.author | Hatherly, Celia | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-10-07 | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-05-31T01:15:28Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-05-31T01:15:28Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2019 | |
dc.description.abstract | Avicenna’s proof for the existence of God (the Necessary Existent) in the Metaphysics of the Salvation relies on the claim that every possible existent shares a common cause. I argue that Avicenna has good reason to hold this claim given that he thinks that (1) every essentially ordered causal series originates in a first, common cause, and that (2) every possible existent belongs to an essentially ordered series. Showing Avicenna’s commitment to 1 and 2 also allows me to respond to Herbert Davidson’s and Richard Swinburne’s claim that Avicenna’s proof for the Necessary Existent is incomplete and fallacious. | |
dc.format.extent | 473.92KB | |
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dc.identifier.citation | Byrne, Celia, 'The Role of Essentially Ordered Causal Series in Avicenna’s Proof for the Necessary Existent in the Metaphysics of the Salvation', History of Philosophy Quarterly 36 (2): 121-138. 2019. | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14078/1790 | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.rights | All Rights Reserved | |
dc.subject | Avicenna | |
dc.subject | essentially ordered causal series | |
dc.subject | infinite | |
dc.subject | Necessary Existent | |
dc.subject | Principle of Sufficient Reason | |
dc.title | The role of essentially ordered causal series in Avicenna’s proof for the Necessary Existent in the Metaphysics of the Salvation | en |
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