The Nature of Necessity by Alvin Plantinga

I will avoid discussion of controversial problems, such as transworld identity, because I do not think this is necessary for the purpose of this critique. Debate about the meaning and significance of possible worlds to the discipline of modal logic remains current among philosophers.

Since Leibniz first coined the term, 'possible world', in the seventeenth century, it has gained widespread attention.

Here, Plantinga attempted to use the philosophical concept of possible worlds to show the necessary nature of God's existence. Van Inwagen, Peter: 1977, ‘Ontologkal Arguments’, Noûs 11, 375–395.Plantinga developed his modal version of the ontological argument for the existence of God in his two controversial books, The Nature of Necessity and God, Freedom and Evil. Tooley, Michael: 1977, ‘Critical Notice of The Nature of Necessity,’ Australasian Journal of Philosophy 55, 91–102. Tomberlin, James E.: 1980, ‘Critical Review of Carl Ginet’s Knowledge. Tomberlin, James E., McGuinness, Frank: 1977, ‘God, Evil, and the Free Will Defense’, Religious Studies 13, 455–475. Tomberlin, James E.: 1970, ‘Prior on Time and Tense’, The Review of Metaphysics 24,57–81. Tomberlin, James E.: 1970, ‘Prior on Time and Tense’, The Review of Metaphysics 24, 57–81. Tomberlin, James E.: 1969, ‘Plantinga’s Puzzles about God and Other Minds’, The Philosophical Forum 1, 365–391. Sicha, Jeffrey: 1974, A Metaphysics of Elementary Mathematics, University of Massachusetts Press, Amherst.

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The Nature of Necessity by Alvin Plantinga