TY  - BOOK
AU  - Leftow,Brian
TI  - Anselm's argument: divine necessity 
SN  - 019289692X
AV  - B765.A84 LEF
U1  - 211 23
PY  - 2022///
CY  - Oxford, United Kingdom
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Anselm,
KW  - God
KW  - Proof
KW  - Metaphysics
KW  - Philosophical theology
KW  - Dieu
KW  - Existence
KW  - M�etaphysique
KW  - Th�eologie philosophique
KW  - metaphysics
KW  - aat
KW  - fast
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages [305]-313) and index
N2  - "Anselm of Canterbury gave the first modal "ontological" argument for God's existence. Yet, despite its distinct originality, philosophers have mostly avoided the question of what modal concepts the argument uses, and whether Anselm's metaphysics entitles him to use them. Here, Brian Leftow sets out Anselm's modal metaphysics. He argues that Anselm has an "absolute", "broadly logical", or "metaphysical" modal concept, and that his metaphysics provides acceptable truth makers for claims in this modality. He shows that his modal argument is committed (in effect) to the Brouwer system of modal logic, and defends the claim that Brouwer is part of the logic of "absolute" or "metaphysical" modality. He also defends Anselm's premise that God would exist with absolute necessity against all extant objections, providing new arguments in support of it and ultimately defending all but one premise of Anselm's best argument for God's existence"--
ER  -