Inferentialism and Divine Necessity

The islamic philosophical tradition is one in which proofs for the existence of god rely upon the identification of god with that the existence of which is necessary, al-wajib al-wujud. necessity, in turn, is defined in terms of independence. while most analytic philosophy has defined necessity as truth in all possible worlds, in recent years inferentialists have offered alternative analyses of necessity and contingency. in this paper, i propose to introduce the inferentialist analysis of necessity as suggested in the works of robert brandom and developed into modal normativism by amie thomasson. i will then examine the conceptual challenges this analysis raises for the traditional proofs for the existence of god, with special attention to the burhan al-sidiqin.the islamic philosophical tradition is one in which proofs for the existence of god rely upon the identification of god with that the existence of which is necessary, al-wajib al-wujud. necessity, in turn, is defined in terms of independence. while most analytic philosophy has defined necessity as truth in all possible worlds, in recent years inferentialists have offered alternative analyses of necessity and contingency. in this paper, i propose to introduce the inferentialist analysis of necessity as suggested in the works of robert brandom and developed into modal normativism by amie thomasson. i will then examine the conceptual challenges this analysis raises for the traditional proofs for the existence of god, with special attention to the burhan al-sidiqin.the islamic philosophical tradition is one in which proofs for the existence of god rely upon the identification of god with that the existence of which is necessary, al-wajib al-wujud. necessity, in turn, is defined in terms of independence. while most analytic philosophy has defined necessity as truth in all possible worlds, in recent years inferentialists have offered alternative analyses of necessity and contingency. in this paper, i propose to introduce the inferentialist analysis of necessity as suggested in the works of robert brandom and developed into modal normativism by amie thomasson. i will then examine the conceptual challenges this analysis raises for the traditional proofs for the existence of god, with special attention to the burhan al-sidiqin.