Is There Reason to Believe the Principle of Sufficient Reason?

被引:1
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作者
Walters, Jordan David Thomas [1 ]
机构
[1] McGill Univ, Philosophy, Montreal, PQ, Canada
关键词
PSR; Dasgupta; Della Rocca; Monism;
D O I
10.1007/s11406-021-00414-7
中图分类号
B [哲学、宗教];
学科分类号
01 ; 0101 ;
摘要
Shamik Dasgupta (Nous 50: 379-418, 2016) proposes to tame the Principle of Sufficient Reason (PSR) to apply to only non-autonomous facts, which are facts that are apt for explanation. Call this strategy to tame the PSR the taming strategy. In a recent paper, Della Rocca (PS 178: 1101-1119, 2020a; The parmenidean ascent, Oxford University Press, 2020b) argues that proponents of the taming strategy, in attempting to formulate a restricted version of the PSR, nevertheless find themselves committed to endorsing a form of radical monism, which, in turn, leads right back to an untamed-PSR. Suppose, for the sake of argument, that Della Rocca is right. My question is this: Is there reason to believe the principle of sufficient reason (in its untamed version)? In this paper, I argue that it is impossible for there to be a reason to believe the untamed-PSR.
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页码:777 / 786
页数:10
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