God's Necessity on Anselmian Theistic Genuine Modal Realism

被引:7
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作者
Collier, Matthew James [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Oxford, Oriel Coll, Oriel Sq, Oxford OX1 4EW, England
关键词
Genuine modal realism; Anselmian theism; Necessary being; Counterpart theory; Transworld identity;
D O I
10.1007/s11841-018-0659-4
中图分类号
B [哲学、宗教];
学科分类号
01 ; 0101 ;
摘要
On Anselmian theism (AT), God is, amongst other things, a necessary being. On genuine modal realism (GMR), possible worlds are maximal mereological sums of spatiotemporally connected individuals. I argue in this paper that AT and GMR are either incompatible or their conjunction leads to-amongst other things-modal collapse. Specifically, I argue: regardless of whether God is concrete or abstract, His necessary existence either is inconsistent with AT-GMR or it leads to, amongst other things, modal collapse for AT-GMR. I conclude the paper by contending that, if I am correct, the ATist will have an argument against the truth of GMR, and the GMRist will have an argument against the truth of AT.
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页码:331 / 348
页数:18
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