Omniscience From a Logical Point of View
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Paul Weingartner
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Omniscience From a Logical Point of View
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Walter de Gruyter GmbH& Co.KG
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9783110327090
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Philosophische Analyse / Philosophical AnalysisISSN
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1
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CHF 120.30
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Sonstiges
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English
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188
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The aim of the book is to clarify the concept of omniscience. This is done first by discussing basic questions on omniscience (chs.1-12) and secondly by offering a theory of omniscience as an axiomatic system in which also a definition of omniscience is given (ch.13). The twelve chapters deal with questions like whether everything is true what God knows, whether God´s knowledge is bound to time, whether it concerns singular truths or only laws, whether it extends also to contingent futureevents.etc. The book is neither a book about the existence of God nor about proofs for his existence. It is a book about the possibility of a consistent concept of omniscience which can be attributed to God. And it invalidates opposite claims and shows that they are based on wrong or very doubtful premises. The pros and cons at the beginning of each chapter represent different positions and objections which are clarified and discussed in the answer to the objections.
Preface
5
Contents
7
1. Whether Everything is True What GodKnows
13
2. Whether God Necessarily Knows WhateverHe Knows
31
3. Whether God Knows Something at SomeTime
37
4. Whether God Knows All Past and PresentEvents
49
5. Whether God's Knowledge Exceeds HisPower
53
6. Whether God Causes Everything What HeKnows
65
7. Whether God Knows Singular Truths?
79
8. Whether God's Knowledge of Singular,Contingent Truths Implies the Mutability ofGod
91
9. Whether God Knows What Is Not
97
10. Whether Knowledge or Truth Can Changethe Status of a State of Affairs
109
11. Whether God Knows Future States ofAffairs
127
12. Whether God Knows Everything That isTrue
147
13. A Theory of Omniscience
165
LITERATURE
185
Subject Index
195
Name Index
199
