The Global/Local Distinction Vindicates Leibniz’s Theodicy
The essential idea of Leibniz's Theodicy has become one of the organizing themes of modern mathematics. Many phenomena are possible locally but for purely mathematical reasons impossible globally. For example, it is possible to build a spiral staircase that is rising at any given point, but not...
| Κύριος συγγραφέας: | |
|---|---|
| Τύπος μέσου: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Άρθρο |
| Γλώσσα: | Αγγλικά |
| Έλεγχος διαθεσιμότητας: | HBZ Gateway |
| Journals Online & Print: | Φόρτωση...
|
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Έκδοση: |
Routledge
2022
|
| Στο/Στη: |
Theology and science
Έτος: 2022, Τόμος: 20, Τεύχος: 4, Σελίδες: 445-462 |
| Σημειογραφίες IxTheo: | NBC Δόγμα του Θεού ΝΒD Δόγμα της Δημιουργίας |
| Άλλες λέξεις-κλειδιά: | B
local and global
B sceptical theism B Leibniz B Theodicy B problem of evil |
| Διαθέσιμο Online: |
Volltext (kostenfrei) |
| Σύνοψη: | The essential idea of Leibniz's Theodicy has become one of the organizing themes of modern mathematics. Many phenomena are possible locally but for purely mathematical reasons impossible globally. For example, it is possible to build a spiral staircase that is rising at any given point, but not one that is rising at all points and comes back to where it started. The necessity is mathematically provable, so not subject to exception by divine power. Modern mathematics vindicates Leibniz's theory that, contrary to what we think we can imagine, there is no possible world better than this one. |
|---|---|
| ISSN: | 1474-6719 |
| Περιλαμβάνει: | Enthalten in: Theology and science
|
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/14746700.2022.2124481 |