Date of Last Revision
2023-05-02 18:58:26
Major
Philosophy
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Date of Expected Graduation
Spring 2016
Abstract
The purpose of this essay is to identify what I consider to be core philosophical arguments supporting the thesis that being subsists. The design of the thesis is as follows: First, I will attempt to identify arguments supporting the claim that we posit the universe and all of its content in relation to the question of being. Second, I will identify arguments supporting the claim that it is incoherent to claim that being is merely a function of the existence of individual entities, and that all entities share being in common. Third, I will identify arguments supporting the claim that it is incoherent to hold that there is not also an entity which is subsistent being itself. Finally, once I have examined arguments for subsistent being, I will give a synthetic account of the nature of this pure being especially in its relation to individual entities.
Research Sponsor
Dr. Joseph Li Vecchi
First Reader
Dr. John Huss
Second Reader
Dr. Howard Ducharme
Recommended Citation
McCrea, Dillon T., "What Must There be to Account for Being?" (2016). Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects. 294.
https://ideaexchange.uakron.edu/honors_research_projects/294