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...
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| Tipo de documento: | Electrónico Artículo |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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Routledge
2022
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Theology and science
Año: 2022, Volumen: 20, Número: 4, Páginas: 445-462 |
| Clasificaciones IxTheo: | NBC Dios NBD Creación |
| Otras palabras clave: | B
local and global
B sceptical theism B Leibniz B Theodicy B problem of evil |
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| Sumario: | 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. |
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| ISSN: | 1474-6719 |
| Obras secundarias: | Enthalten in: Theology and science
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/14746700.2022.2124481 |