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- catalog abstract ""In this book, Richard Brian Davis explores various attempts to solve the Dependence Problem - the problem posed by the following question: How can necessary truths stand to God in a one-way relation of dependence when neither they nor God could have failed to exist? Critics charge that this problem is insoluble. Davis argues at length that the most powerful and promising contemporary solutions to this problem - those offered by Linda Zagzebski, Brian Leftow, Thomas V. Morris, and William Mann - are all fatally flawed. In making his case, Davis treats the reader to helpful and interesting discussions of counterpossibles, broadly logical necessity, identity statements, as well as the divine attributes of sovereignty, aseity, and simplicity. He concludes with what is perhaps the most forceful and sustained defense of the claim that necessary truths can stand to God in an asymmetrical relation of causal dependence."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12297690.
- catalog created "c2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "c2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- catalog description ""In this book, Richard Brian Davis explores various attempts to solve the Dependence Problem - the problem posed by the following question: How can necessary truths stand to God in a one-way relation of dependence when neither they nor God could have failed to exist? Critics charge that this problem is insoluble. Davis argues at length that the most powerful and promising contemporary solutions to this problem - those offered by Linda Zagzebski, Brian Leftow, Thomas V.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [127]-133) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction: The Dependence Problem -- Ch. 1. The Counterfactual Solution. The Standard Semantics Reviewed. The Standard Semantics Rejected -- Ch. 2. The Causal Solution. Theistic Activism Explained. Theistic Activism Examined -- Ch. 3. The Simple Solution. Divine Simplicity Explained: Three Views. Divine Simplicity Examined -- Ch. 4. A Simple-Causal Solution. The Counterfactual Solution Revisited. The Simple and Causal Solutions Consolidated.".
- catalog description "Morris, and William Mann - are all fatally flawed. In making his case, Davis treats the reader to helpful and interesting discussions of counterpossibles, broadly logical necessity, identity statements, as well as the divine attributes of sovereignty, aseity, and simplicity. He concludes with what is perhaps the most forceful and sustained defense of the claim that necessary truths can stand to God in an asymmetrical relation of causal dependence."--Jacket.".
- catalog extent "x, 138 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Metaphysics of theism and modality.".
- catalog identifier "0820445290 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Metaphysics of theism and modality.".
- catalog isPartOf "American university studies. Series V, Philosophy ; vol. 189".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "c2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Peter Lang Pub.,".
- catalog relation "Metaphysics of theism and modality.".
- catalog subject "211/.3 21".
- catalog subject "BD555 .D58 2001".
- catalog subject "Contingency (Philosophy)".
- catalog subject "Modality (Logic)".
- catalog subject "Theism.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: The Dependence Problem -- Ch. 1. The Counterfactual Solution. The Standard Semantics Reviewed. The Standard Semantics Rejected -- Ch. 2. The Causal Solution. Theistic Activism Explained. Theistic Activism Examined -- Ch. 3. The Simple Solution. Divine Simplicity Explained: Three Views. Divine Simplicity Examined -- Ch. 4. A Simple-Causal Solution. The Counterfactual Solution Revisited. The Simple and Causal Solutions Consolidated.".
- catalog title "The metaphysics of theism and modality / Richard Brian Davis.".
- catalog type "text".