This short article presents an argument, taken from Gödel’s God Theorem, for the Principle of Sufficient Reason.
Principle of Sufficient Reason. Nothing obtains without a sufficient reason. Equivalently: given any true proposition, there is a sufficient reason for its truth.
But why accept the Principle of Sufficient Reason? To ask, with sincerity, “Why should I accept the Principle of Sufficient Reason?” is to say, “I will not accept the Principle of Sufficient Reason without a sufficient reason for doing so!”
This is not a formal proof of the Principle of Sufficient Reason, but it is an argument that strongly militates in its favor.
The Principle of Sufficient Reason is one of three principles of truth in Leibniz's Monadology. This article is part of a blog series on monadology.
About the Author
Andrew M. Cavallo is a guitarist, composer, and self-produced musician. His debut album, Christendom Reborn, can be found on his YouTube channel.
He is the author of Gödel’s God Theorem, which presents the Leibniz–Gödel System, i.e. four interlinking arguments for God's necessary and unique existence. Cavallo has also published peer-reviewed research, including On Mario Bunge’s Concept of System Boundary, which is indexed by Harvard in the Smithsonian/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS).
Andrew M. Cavallo is a math education consultant specializing in logic and proof for college success. Most high school curricula stop at geometry proofs, leaving students unprepared for the rigorous reasoning required in college mathematics, computer science, data science, and rapidly advancing fields such as artificial intelligence and machine learning. His Closing the STEM Gap: Proofs for College Readiness is a 12-week program that closes this gap.
