The Problem of Divine Foreknowledge and Future Contingents

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philosophical work theological work

The Problem of Divine Foreknowledge and Future Contingents is a philosophical and theological work examining how God's foreknowledge can be reconciled with human free will and the existence of genuinely open future events.

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instanceOf	philosophical work ⓘ theological work ⓘ
addresses	modal issues concerning necessity and possibility of future events ⓘ the apparent conflict between divine omniscience and libertarian free will ⓘ the problem of theological fatalism ⓘ whether the future is metaphysically open or fixed ⓘ
aimsAt	clarifying the logical structure of arguments for theological fatalism ⓘ preserving both divine omniscience and human freedom ⓘ
analyzes	conditions for human moral responsibility ⓘ different models of divine knowledge ⓘ the notion of infallible foreknowledge ⓘ
concerns	logic of future-tense propositions ⓘ metaphysics of time ⓘ philosophical theology ⓘ philosophy of religion ⓘ
discusses	compatibilist approaches to divine foreknowledge ⓘ incompatibilist approaches to divine foreknowledge ⓘ the idea that God is outside time ⓘ the idea that God knows future contingents via their causes ⓘ
examines	logical problems raised by future contingent propositions ⓘ reconciliation of divine foreknowledge with human freedom ⓘ the compatibility of infallible foreknowledge with open future events ⓘ the relation between omniscience and contingency ⓘ the status of truth-values for future-tense statements ⓘ
hasMainTopic	divine foreknowledge ⓘ future contingents ⓘ human free will ⓘ
investigates	how divine timelessness might relate to foreknowledge ⓘ the implications of different theories of time for foreknowledge ⓘ whether God’s beliefs about the future can be contingent ⓘ whether future contingent events can be genuinely open ⓘ
relatedTo	Boethian timelessness accounts of foreknowledge ⓘ Ockhamist accounts of future contingents ⓘ classical theism ⓘ middle knowledge theories ⓘ the open future view ⓘ the open theism debate ⓘ the problem of evil ⓘ theological fatalism debate ⓘ
situatedInDiscipline	analytic philosophy of religion ⓘ systematic theology ⓘ
usesConcept	contingency ⓘ necessity ⓘ omniscience ⓘ temporal modality ⓘ truth-values of propositions ⓘ

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William Lane Craig → hasWritten → The Problem of Divine Foreknowledge and Future Contingents ⓘ