{"product_id":"necessary-existence","title":"Necessary Existence","description":"\u003cp\u003eNecessary Existence breaks ground on one of the deepest questions anyone ever asks: why is there anything? The classic answer is in terms of a necessary foundation. Yet, why think that is the correct answer? Pruss and Rasmussen present an original defense of the hypothesis that there is a concrete necessary being capable of providing a foundation for the existence of things. They offer six main arguments, divided into six chapters. The first argument is an\n\u003cbr\u003eup-to-date presentation and assessment of a traditional causal-based argument from contingency. The next five arguments are new \"possibility-based\" arguments that make use of twentieth-century advances in modal\n\u003cbr\u003elogic. The arguments present possible pathways to an intriguing and far-reaching conclusion. The final chapter answers the most challenging objections to the existence of necessary things.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46058339959022,"sku":"9780198746898","price":153.61,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9612\/7726\/files\/9780198746898.jpg?v=1736473817","url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/necessary-existence","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}