Bertrand Russell's position holds that the universe's existence may be a brute fact, and demanding a sufficient reason for all facts generates an explanatory regress that necessity cannot terminate.

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Bertrand Russell: Bertrand Russell was a British philosopher, logician, and social activist (1872-1970) who became famous for trying to show that mathematics could be built from pure logic, and for his clear, witty writing that made complex ideas accessible to everyday readers. He also became a public intellectual who spoke out on major issues like nuclear weapons, religion, and social justice, earning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1950. Today, he's remembered as one of the most important thinkers of the 20th century who believed philosophy should tackle real-world problems, not just abstract puzzles.
Explanatory regress(the problem Russell identifies when you keep asking 'why' without end): A chain of explanations where each answer raises a new question that needs answering, potentially going backward forever without ever reaching a stopping point.
brute fact(Used in the context of whether predicative facts require metaphysical grounding): A fact that does not have an explanation
necessity(Auriol's modal theory of future contingents)

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