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Why Does Anything Exist?: An Introductory Exploration

Why Does Anything Exist?: An Introductory Exploration

          
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Why is there something, rather than nothing? This simple yet confounding question resonates with almost every curious person. In this thoughtful and provocative book, Stephen A. Simon surveys five answers that have been offered to this question from a variety of perspectives: science, religion, philosophy, and even mathematics. Framed by a careful explication of the history and meaning of its central question as well as a critical discussion of its legitimacy and significance, this book offers an exciting entry point to this topic for students and general readers alike.



Table of Contents:
1. Asking the Ultimate Question2. A Puzzle Both Ancient and Modern3. The Scientific Universe
  • The Power of Science
  • The Big Bang Theory
  • Problems in Contemporary Theories
  • The Circularity Problem
  • Living in the Scientific Universe
4. The Mathematical Universe
  • The Remarkable Nature of Mathematics
  • Mathematical Answers to the Puzzle of Existence
  • What Are Mathematical Objects?
  • Are Mathematical Truths Necessary?
  • Living in the Mathematical Universe
5. The Good Universe
  • The Distinctiveness of Value-Based Explanations
  • The Pervasiveness of Value
  • Teleological Arguments and the Fine-Tuning Problem
  • Platonic Roots of Value-Based Theories
  • Leslie’s Theory of “Ethical Requiredness”
  • What Kind of Thing Is Value?
  • The Specification Problem
  • The Problem of Evil
  • Living in the Good Universe
6. The Divine Universe
  • Personal Intentions as Explanation
  • Ontological Arguments
  • Cosmological Arguments
  • God as the Best Available Explanation
  • Challenges for a Theistic Approach
  • Living in the Divine Universe
7. The Lawful Universe
  • Nomological Explanation
  • Parfit’s “Selector”
  • Van Inwagen’s Probabilistic Analysis
  • Smith’s “Law of the Simplest Beginning”
  • Nozick’s “Assumption of Fecundity”
  • Challenges for a Nomological Approach
  • Living in the Lawful Universe
8. Is the Question Legitimate?
  • Objections to Seeking Reasons for the Totality of Existing Things
  • Nāgārjuna’s Madhyamaka Buddhism
  • Śaṅkara’s Advaita Vedānta Hinduism
9. Embracing the Inquiry
  • Better Understanding the Problem
  • Better Understanding Ourselves
  • The Puzzle of Existence and the Quest for Meaning


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781554817153
  • Publisher: Broadview Press Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Broadview Press Ltd
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 264
  • Spine Width: 13 mm
  • Weight: 500 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1554817153
  • Publisher Date: 31 Oct 2025
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: An Introductory Exploration
  • Width: 152 mm


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