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principle of sufficient reason

principle that everything must have a reason or a cause
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principle of sufficient reason

Summary

principle of sufficient reason is a cosmological argument[1]. It draws 627 Wikipedia views per month (cosmological_argument category, ranking #2 of 2).[2]

Key Facts

  • principle of sufficient reason is credited with the discovery of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz[3].
  • principle of sufficient reason's instance of is recorded as cosmological argument[4].
  • principle of sufficient reason is a type of principle[5].

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Definition and Type

principle of sufficient reason's instance of is recorded as cosmological argument[4]. It is a type of principle[5].

Why It Matters

principle of sufficient reason draws 627 Wikipedia views per month (cosmological_argument category, ranking #2 of 2).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[6] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[7]

Related Entities

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . plato.stanford.edu. plato.stanford.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Discoverer or inventor → Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
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