书目名称 | Divine Omniscience and Human Free Will |
副标题 | A Logical and Metaph |
编辑 | Ciro De Florio,Aldo Frigerio |
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概述 | Shows under what conditions an eternal entity can be omniscient in the presence of free agents.Combines investigations into the metaphysics of time with the discipline of temporal logic.Rigorously ana |
丛书名称 | Palgrave Frontiers in Philosophy of Religion |
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描述 | .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 ancie |
出版日期 | Book 2019 |
关键词 | Philosophy of Religion; Time; Logic; Metaphysics; God |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31300-5 |
isbn_softcover | 978-3-030-31302-9 |
isbn_ebook | 978-3-030-31300-5Series ISSN 2634-6176 Series E-ISSN 2634-6184 |
issn_series | 2634-6176 |
copyright | The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019 |