Shepherd on Hume’s Argument for the Possibility of Uncaused Existence
Shepherd’s argument against Hume’s thesis that an object can begin its existence uncaused has received short shrift in the secondary literature. I argue that the key to understanding that argument’s success is understanding its dialectical context. Shepherd sees the dialectical situation as follows....
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Main Author: | David Landy |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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2020-12-01
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Series: | Journal of Modern Philosophy |
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Online Access: | https://jmphil.org/article/id/2049/ |
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