Divine Foreknowledge and Human Freedom
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Divine Foreknowledge and Human Freedom is a philosophical and theological work that examines how God’s omniscient knowledge of future events can be reconciled with genuine human free will, engaging especially with Molinism and related views.
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philosophical book
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theological book ⓘ |
| addressesQuestion |
Does God’s knowledge of the future threaten human moral responsibility?
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How can God infallibly know future free actions? ⓘ Is divine foreknowledge compatible with libertarian free will? ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
clarify the coherence of divine omniscience and human freedom
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evaluate Molinist and related accounts of divine knowledge ⓘ |
| concerns |
logical relations between foreknowledge and necessity
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nature of God’s knowledge of future contingents ⓘ reconciliation of divine providence and human freedom ⓘ |
| discusses |
God’s omniscience
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Molinism NERFINISHED ⓘ counterfactuals of creaturely freedom ⓘ future contingents ⓘ middle knowledge ⓘ |
| engagesWithView |
Molinist solution to the foreknowledge and freedom problem
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alternative models of divine knowledge ⓘ classical theist accounts of omniscience ⓘ views on providence and human freedom ⓘ |
| examines |
arguments for compatibilism between foreknowledge and freedom
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arguments for incompatibilism between foreknowledge and freedom ⓘ implications of divine foreknowledge for moral responsibility ⓘ logical structure of the foreknowledge dilemma ⓘ relationship between omniscience and timelessness ⓘ role of counterfactuals in divine providence ⓘ |
| field |
philosophy of religion
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systematic theology ⓘ |
| genre | academic monograph ⓘ |
| hasMainTopic |
compatibility of divine omniscience and human freedom
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divine foreknowledge ⓘ human free will ⓘ problem of theological fatalism ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
advanced students of philosophy and theology
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philosophers of religion ⓘ theologians ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| theoreticalContext |
Christian analytic theology
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analytic philosophy of religion ⓘ |
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