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*Does saying that God exists necessarily actually explain why there is something rather than nothing?*
Robin LePoidevin argues that understanding divine necessity is far more complicated than simply asserting that God could not fail to exist.
0:00 Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing
0:46 What Divine Necessity Means
1:48 Necessity as a Feature of Belief
*Robin Le Poidevin* is Professor of Metaphysics at the University of Leeds whose interests include the nature and experience of time, agnosticism, and philosophy of religion.
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*Does saying that God exists necessarily actually explain why there is something rather than nothing?*
Robin LePoidevin argues that understanding divine necessity is far more complicated than simply asserting that God could not fail to exist.
0:00 Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing
0:46 What Divine Necessity Means
1:48 Necessity as a Feature of Belief
*Robin Le Poidevin* is Professor of Metaphysics at the University of Leeds whose interests include the nature and experience of time, agnosticism, and philosophy of religion.
*More from Robin Le Poidevin on Closer To Truth:*
* Big Questions About God - Closer To Truth - Core Topic: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFJr3pJl27pKyjextCjGsYzvrMvWCj4tX
* Closer To Truth contributors: closertotruth.com/contributor/robin-le-poidevin
*Subscribe to Closer To Truth:* youtube.com/@CloserToTruthTV
*Join the Community:*
* Membership (5,000+ videos): closertotruth.com/register
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Closer To Truth, hosted by Robert Lawrence Kuhn and directed by Peter Getzels, presents the world’s greatest thinkers exploring humanity’s deepest questions. Discover fundamental issues of existence. Engage new and diverse ways of thinking. Appreciate intense debates. Share your own opinions. Seek your own answers.
#CloserToTruth #Meaning #RobinLePoidevin #PhilosophyOfReligion #Metaphysics
