Truthmaking and Christian Theology
This paper analyzes Catholic philosophy by investigating the parameters that Catholic dogmatic claims set for theories of truthmaking. First I argue that two well-known truthmaker views--the view that properties alone are the truthmakers for contingent predications, and the view that all truths need...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2015]
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Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association
Year: 2015, Volume: 89, Pages: 181-194 |
| IxTheo Classification: | FA Theology KDB Roman Catholic Church VA Philosophy |
| Further subjects: | B
Doctrine
B Christian Philosophy B DOCTRINAL theology B Divine commands (Ethics) B Catholics |
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| Summary: | This paper analyzes Catholic philosophy by investigating the parameters that Catholic dogmatic claims set for theories of truthmaking. First I argue that two well-known truthmaker views--the view that properties alone are the truthmakers for contingent predications, and the view that all truths need truthmakers--are precluded by Catholic dogma. In particular, the doctrine of transubstantiation precludes the first, and the doctrines of divine causality and divine freedom together preclude the second. Next, I argue that the doctrine of the Incarnation, together with an admittedly-contested theological premise, requires a vast and sweeping revision to tne standard view of truthmakers for predicative truths. |
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| ISSN: | 2153-7925 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: American Catholic Philosophical Association, Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5840/acpaproc201610548 |