An Objection to Naturalism and Atheism from Logic

In Graham Oppy, A Companion to Atheism and Philosophy. Hoboken: Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 451-475 (2019)
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I proffer a success argument for classical logical consequence. I articulate in what sense that notion of consequence should be regarded as the privileged notion for metaphysical inquiry aimed at uncovering the fundamental nature of the world. Classical logic breeds necessitism. I use necessitism to produce problems for both ontological naturalism and atheism.

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