The pseudonym "Philo Vaihinger" has been abandoned. All posts have been and are written by me, Joseph Auclair.

Sunday, March 27, 2016

Atheism

Atheism is where you are left when the concept of a necessary being breaks down in the face of a unique and contingent actual world.

But even then it can seem unacceptable that an arbitrary one contingent world could alone exist, while all others do not.

And so we get David Lewis.

But if the idea is acceptable that all possible worlds exist, then there is no need to shipwreck the idea of a necessary being on the reef of an unaccountable choice.

What an interesting thought.

Well, at this hour, anyway.

Too bad the idea has always struck me as wrong.

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