Metaphysical abstractions have been long held and are thought to reflect the necessary and eternal nature of the universe.
However, if there are, as Quine claims, no such things as necessary truths, (God must exist) that is, analytic truths, then this main camp of metaphysics is essentially eviscerated.
It is, at best, a field where clever people play still cleverer games, manipulating allegedly “necessary” truths (there must be God who exists) with allegedly “necessary” laws. (ergo there is a God that exists
However, if there are, as Quine claims, no such things as necessary truths, (God must exist) that is, analytic truths, then this main camp of metaphysics is essentially eviscerated.
It is, at best, a field where clever people play still cleverer games, manipulating allegedly “necessary” truths (there must be God who exists) with allegedly “necessary” laws. (ergo there is a God that exists
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