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Podcast: Counter Apologetics
Episode: CA71 Leibnizâs Argument from Contingency
Description: We discuss Occamâs Razor and simplicity, the principle of sufficient reason, and brute facts.
Principle of Sufficient Reason (PSR): The principle that everything must have an explanation, reason, cause, or ground.
Brute fact: Something with no further explanation.
*Edit* I used âbrute factâ to simply mean âexplanatory terminationâ in this episode. A brute fact, however, even if itâs the place where our explanations ultimately come to an end, may not be true in all possible worlds. If it was true in all possible worlds, we wouldnât call it a brute fact; we would...