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...
| Pubblicato in: | Irish theological quarterly |
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| Tipo di documento: | Elettronico Articolo |
| Lingua: | Inglese |
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Sage
2023
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Irish theological quarterly
Anno: 2023, Volume: 88, Fascicolo: 1, Pagine: 76-89 |
| Altre parole chiave: | B
Creation
B Open Theism B Aquinas B Classical Theism B God |
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| Riepilogo: | 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. |
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| ISSN: | 1752-4989 |
| Comprende: | Enthalten in: Irish theological quarterly
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/00211400221144750 |