The Dilemma of Freedom and Foreknowledge
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1996
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-510763-0 (ISBN)
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-510763-0 (ISBN)
This text examines the three traditional solutions to the dilemma of divine foreknowledge and human free will. It rejects those from Boethius, Ockham, and from Molina, and proposes three new solutions, concluding that divine foreknowledge is compatible with human freedom
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.
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.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 6.6.1996 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | line drawings |
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 202 x 164 mm |
| Gewicht | 240 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Metaphysik / Ontologie |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-19-510763-2 / 0195107632 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-510763-0 / 9780195107630 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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