CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2021
| Author | Boljevic, Sara |
|---|---|
| Title | E. J. Lowe's Argument for the Existence of God: A Neo-Platonic Defense |
| Summary | The thesis aims to show that E. J. Lowe’s argument for the existence of God can be defended against van Inwagen’s criticism within the Neo-Platonic or Augustinian metaphysical framework. Despite Lowe’s classification of the argument as an ontological one, it is shown that it is an argument for the existence of God from the existence of necessary truths and why that is an advantage. Next, the thesis turns to the discussion of van Inwagen’s arguments against the dependency of abstract entities. Van Inwagen claims that ontological dependency between God and abstracta does not hold since it cannot be understood in terms of abstraction nor causation. Another problem is that there are no truth-makers of modal propositions. Lastly, the most promising way of defending Lowe’s argument is presented. The important Neo-Platonic thesis I employ is that abstract entities are ideas present in the mind of God, which makes abstract entities mind-dependent entities. |
| Supervisor | Robinson, Howard |
| Department | Philosophy MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2021/boljevic_sara.pdf |
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