On Divine Foreknowledge

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 12 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1842
Category : Free will and determinism
ISBN : BL:A0022227255

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The Divine Foreknowledge by Anonim Pdf

Author : Luis de Molina
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Free will and determinism
ISBN : 0801489350

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On Divine Foreknowledge by Luis de Molina Pdf

Luis de Molina was a leading figure in the remarkable sixteenth-century revival of Scholasticism on the Iberian peninsula. Molina is best known for his innovative theory of middle knowledge. Alfred J. Freddoso's extensive introductory essay clears up common misconceptions about Molina's theory, defends it against both philosophical and theological objections, and makes it accessible to contemporary readers.

Author : William Lane Craig
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9004092501

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Divine Foreknowledge and Human Freedom by William Lane Craig Pdf

The ancient problem of fatalism, more particularly theological fatalism, has resurfaced with surprising vigour in the second half of the twentieth century. Two questions predominate in the debate: (1) Is divine foreknowledge compatible with human freedom and (2) How can God foreknow future free acts? Having surveyed the historical background of this debate in "The Problem of Divine Foreknowledge" and "Future Contingents from Aristotle to Suarez" (Brill: 1988), William Lane Craig now attempts to address these issues critically. His wide-ranging discussion brings together a thought- provoking array of related topics such as logical fatalism, multivalent logic, backward causation, precognition, time travel, counterfactual logic, temporal necessity, Newcomb's Problem, middle knowledge, and relativity theory. The present work serves both as a useful survey of the extensive literature on theological fatalism and related fields and as a stimulating assessment of the possibility of divine foreknowledge of future free acts.

Author : T. Ryan Byerly
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2014-08-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781623566869

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The Mechanics of Divine Foreknowledge and Providence by T. Ryan Byerly Pdf

How exactly could God achieve infallible foreknowledge of every future event, including the free actions of human persons? How could God exercise careful providence over these same events? Byerly offers a novel response to these important questions by contending that God exercises providence and achieves foreknowledge by ordering the times. The first part of the book defends the importance of the above questions. After characterizing the contemporary freedom-foreknowledge debate, Byerly argues that it has focused too narrowly on a certain argument for theological fatalism, which attempts to show that the existence of infallible divine foreknowledge poses a unique threat to the existence of creaturely libertarian freedom. Byerly contends, however, that bare existence of infallible divine foreknowledge cannot threaten freedom in this way; at most, the mechanics whereby this foreknowledge is achieved might so threaten human freedom. In the second part of the book, Byerly develops a model for understanding the mechanics whereby infallible foreknowledge is achieved that would not threaten creaturely libertarian freedom. According to the model, God infallibly foreknows every future event because God has placed the times that constitute the history of the world in primitive earlier-than relations to one another. After defending the consistency of this model of the mechanics of divine foreknowledge with creaturely libertarian freedom, the author applies it to divine providence more generally. A novel defense of concurrentism is the result.

Author : Graham C. Floyd
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2020-01-09
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1948048116

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Omniscience, Foreknowledge, and the Problem of Divine Freedom by Graham C. Floyd Pdf

If God foreknows the future, then he also foreknows his own future actions. How then is God a free and responsible agent? Four attempts at resolving the problem of human freedom in light of divine foreknowledge are applied to the problem of God's freedom in light of his foreknowledge.

Author : Ciro De Florio,Aldo Frigerio
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2019-11-14
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783030313005

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Divine Omniscience and Human Free Will by Ciro De Florio,Aldo Frigerio Pdf

This book deals with an old conundrum: if God knows what we will choose tomorrow, how can we be free to choose otherwise? If all our choices are already written, is our freedom simply an illusion? This book provides a precise analysis of this dilemma using the tools of modern metaphysics and logic of time. With a focus on three intertwined concepts - God’s nature, the formal structure of time, and the metaphysics time, including the relationship between temporal entities and a timeless God - the chapters analyse various solutions to the problem of foreknowledge and freedom, revealing the advantages and drawbacks of each. Building on this analysis, the authors advance constructive solutions, showing under what conditions an entity can be omniscient in the presence of free agents, and whether an eternal entity can know the tensed futures of the world. The metaphysics of time, its topology and the semantics of future tensed sentences are shown to be invaluable topics in dealing with this issue. Combining investigations into the metaphysics of time with the discipline of temporal logic this monograph brings about important advancements in the philosophical understanding of an ancient and fascinating problem. The answer, if any, is hidden in the folds of time, in the elusive nature of this feature of reality and in the infinite branching of our lives.

Author : Linda Trinkaus Zagzebski
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1996-04-25
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780195355406

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The Dilemma of Freedom and Foreknowledge by Linda Trinkaus Zagzebski Pdf

This original analysis examines the three leading traditional solutions to the dilemma of divine foreknowledge and human free will--those arising from Boethius, from Ockham, and from Molina. Though all three solutions are rejected in their best-known forms, three new solutions are proposed, and Zagzebski concludes that divine foreknowledge is compatible with human freedom. The discussion includes the relation between the foreknowledge dilemma and problems about the nature of time and the causal relation; the logic of counterfactual conditionals; and the differences between divine and human knowing states. An appendix introduces a new foreknowledge dilemma that purports to show that omniscient foreknowledge conflicts with deep intuitions about temporal asymmetry, quite apart from considerations of free will. Zagzebski shows that only a narrow range of solutions can handle this new dilemma. A compelling contribution to the field, The Dilemma of Freedom and Foreknowledge will appeal to students and scholars of theistic philosophy and the philosophy of religion.

Author : William Lane Craig
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9004085165

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The Problem of Divine Foreknowledge and Future Contingents from Aristotle to Suarez by William Lane Craig Pdf

Author : William L. Craig
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2000-01-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781579103163

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The Only Wise God by William L. Craig Pdf

Does God know our actions before we do them? And if so, do human beings truly have free will? Dr. Craig contends that both of these notions are compatible, showing how the Bible teaches divine foreknowledge of human free acts, and reveals two ways of Òreconciling divine omniscience with human freedomÓ.

Author : Millard J. Erickson
Publisher : Zondervan Academic
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2009-08-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780310867043

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What Does God Know and When Does He Know It? by Millard J. Erickson Pdf

Does God know the future? Or is the future unknowable to even God? Open theists believe the search for biblical answers will spark a new Revolution. Are they right? Arguing that God interacts with his creatures spontaneously, the controversial new movement known as “open theism” has called classic church theology up for reexamination. Confronting this view, classic theists maintain that God has complete foreknowledge and that open-theist arguments are unorthodox. Each view has implications for our vision of the future and of God’s dealings with humanity.

Author : Richard Rice
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2004-01-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725209435

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God's Foreknowledge and Man's Free Will by Richard Rice Pdf

This book is a thought-provoking study of some issues concerning the historic Calvinist/Arminian debate. Does God know absolutely everything that's going to happen? Can He foresee future moral choices and actions which have not yet been made? If one's future responses and behavior are totally foreknowable, is she truly free? Dr. Richard Rice explores these and other fascinating questions which have sometimes divided Christians. The author gives new perspective on one of the most fundamental issues of the Christian faith: the relationship of God to His creation and the reality and extent of human freedom. Carefully scrutinizing the Scriptures on this subject, the author challenges the reader to examine for himself this critical issue of theology. With strong theological background and sound biblical scholarship, Dr. Rice presents his viewpoint in a convincing and readable style.

Author : Paul R. Eddy,Gregory A. Boyd
Publisher : Paternoster
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Free will and determinism
ISBN : 1842271601

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Divine Foreknowledge by Paul R. Eddy,Gregory A. Boyd Pdf

Author : Tamar Rudavsky
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2013-06-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789401577199

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Divine Omniscience and Omnipotence in Medieval Philosophy by Tamar Rudavsky Pdf

Author : Paul Kjoss Helseth
Publisher : Zondervan
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780310325123

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Four Views on Divine Providence by Paul Kjoss Helseth Pdf

Questions about divine providence have preoccupied Christians for generations: Are people elected to salvation? For whom did Jesus die? This book introduces readers to four prevailing views on divine providence, with particular attention to the question of who Jesus died to save (the extent of the atonement) and if or how God determines who will be saved (predestination). But this book does not merely answer readers' questions. Four Views on Divine Providence helps readers think theologically about all the issues involved in exploring this doctrine. The point-counterpoint format reveals the assumptions and considerations that drive equally learned and sincere theologians to sharp disagreement. It unearths the genuinely decisive issues beneath an often superficial debate. Volume contributors are Paul Helseth (God causes every creaturely event that occurs); William Lane Craig (through his 'middle knowledge, ' God controls the course of worldly affairs without predetermining any creatures' free decisions); Ron Highfield (God controls creatures by liberating their decision-making); and Gregory Boyd (human decisions can be free only if God neither determines nor knows what they will be). Introductory and closing essays by Dennis Jowers give relevant background and guide readers toward their own informed beliefs about divine providence.

Author : William Hasker
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2019-06-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781501702907

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God, Time, and Knowledge by William Hasker Pdf

"This outstanding book... is a genuinely pivotal contribution to the lively current debate over divine foreknowledge and human freedom.... Hasker's book has three commendable features worthy of immediate note. First, it contains a carefully crafted overview of the recent literature on foreknowledge and freedom and so can serve as an excellent introduction to that literature. Second, it is tightly reasoned and brimming with brisk arguments, many of them highly original. Third, it correctly situates the philosophical dispute over foreknowledge and freedom within its proper theological context and in so doing highlights the intimate connection between the doctrines of divine omniscience and divine providence."—Faith and Philosophy"[God, Time, and Knowledge] is an elegantly written, forcefully argued challenge to traditional views, and a major contribution to the discussion of divine foreknowledge."—Philosophical Review"This is a very competent, thorough analysis of the conflict between free will and divine foreknowledge (or, on some acounts, timeless divine knowledge of our future). It is exceptionally clear."—Theological Book Review