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Book SynopsisAnselm of Canterbury gave the first "ontological" argument for God's existence as necessary. Yet philosophers have mostly neglected to examine what modal concepts he uses, and what their metaphysical basis is. Brian Leftow sets out Anselm's modal metaphysics, and defends all but one premise of Anselm's best argument for God's existence.
Trade Reviewa detailed and robustly defended Anselmian account of perfect being necessity against challenges that have emerged in the history of philosophy after St Anselm * Gaven Kerr, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews *
Table of ContentsIntroduction 1: The Metaphysics 2: The Applications 3: The Problems 4: The Argument 5: Brouwer 6: Hume 7: Kant 8: Swinburne 9: The Parallel Argument 10: Imagining Nothing 11: Thinking of Nothing 12: Five More Objections 13: Perfect Being Contingency? 14: Essence Options 15: Other Non-Concreta 16: Contingency Concluded 17: The Less-Maker Argument 18: Envoi
