God and the Alone World

The recent aloneness argument against the classical conception of God seeks to undermine divine simplicity by showing that whatever way you cut it, there is some knowledge that God has contingently. That being the case, God has some contingent property not essential to Him, and if so, He is not utte...

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Published in:Irish theological quarterly
Main Author: Kerr, Gaven (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2023
In: Irish theological quarterly
Further subjects:B Creation
B Open Theism
B Aquinas
B Classical Theism
B God
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Summary:The recent aloneness argument against the classical conception of God seeks to undermine divine simplicity by showing that whatever way you cut it, there is some knowledge that God has contingently. That being the case, God has some contingent property not essential to Him, and if so, He is not utterly simple. The authors of the aloneness argument present it as a problem for any classical theist. In what follows, I seek to show that Aquinas’s conception of God avoids the challenge of the aloneness argument.
ISSN:1752-4989
Contains:Enthalten in: Irish theological quarterly
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/00211400221144750