03530nam a2200541Ka 4500 ocn818658313 OCoLC 20200709055624.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 121119s2012 enk ob 001 0 eng d N$T N$T 9781139839532 (electronic bk.) 1139839535 (electronic bk.) 9780521117081 0521117089 (OCoLC)818658313 498384 (N$T) B2598 .G75 2012eb REL 000000 bisacsh 212.092 23 PHI016000 bisacsh N$TA Griffin, Michael V. Leibniz, God and necessity [electronic resource] / Michael V. Griffin. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012. 1 online resource (pages cm.) "Leibniz states that 'metaphysics is natural theology', and this is especially true of his metaphysics of modality. In this book, Michael V. Griffin examines the deep connection between the two and the philosophical consequences which follow from it. Grounding many of Leibniz's modal conceptions in his theology, Griffin develops a new interpretation of the ontological argument in Leibniz and Descartes. This interpretation demonstrates that their understanding God's necessary existence cannot be construed in contemporary modal logical terms. He goes on to develop a necessitarian interpretation of Leibniz, arguing that Leibniz, like Spinoza, is committed to the thesis that everything actual is metaphysically necessary, but that Leibniz rejects Spinoza's denial of God's moral perfection. His book will appeal to scholars of early modern philosophy and philosophers interested in modal metaphysics and the philosophy of religion"-- Provided by publisher. Includes bibliographical references and index. Machine generated contents note: Introduction; 1. Descartes's arguments for God's existence; 2. The ontological argument, the principle of sufficient reason and Leibniz's doctrine of striving possibles; 3. Necessitarianism in Spinoza and Leibniz; 4. Leibniz on compossibility and possible worlds; 5. Molina on divine foreknowledge; 6. Leibniz on middle knowledge; 7. Leibniz on God's knowledge of counterfactuals. Description based on print version record. Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Freiherr von, 1646-1716. God. God Proof, Ontological. Necessity (Philosophy) PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern. bisacsh RELIGION / General bisacsh Electronic books. Print version: Griffin, Michael V. Leibniz, God and necessity. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012 9780521117081 (DLC) 2012018842 (OCoLC)796001769 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=498384 Table of contents only http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1210/2012018842-t.html Publisher description http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1210/2012018842-d.html Contributor biographical information http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1210/2012018842-b.html Cover image http://assets.cambridge.org/97805211/17081/cover/9780521117081.jpg EBSCOhost EBSC 498384 cpp1723AUTO 02 N$T 51842 51842