Philosophical Essays Against Open Theism Routledge Studies in the Philosophy of Religion Series
Coordonnateur : Arbour Benjamin H.
This new collection of philosophically rigorous essays critiques the interpretation of divine omniscience known as open theism, focusing primarily on philosophically motivated open theism and positing arguments that reject divine knowledge of future contingents in the face of the dilemma of freedom and foreknowledge. The sixteen new essays in this collection, written by some of the most renowned philosophers on the topic of divine providence, represent a philosophical attempt to seriously consider open theism. They cover a wide variety of issues, including: the ontology of time, systematic metaphysics, perfect being theology, the Christian doctrine of the Incarnation, the problem of evil, and the nature of divine knowledge in general. Philosophical Essays Against Open Theism advances the discussion by wrestling against the assertions of open theism, and will be of interest to both proponents and opponents of this controversial issue.
Introduction
Benjamin H. Arbour
Part I: Open Theism and the Metaphysics of Time
1. The Openness of God: Eternity and Free Will
Eleonore Stump
2. God’s Knowledge of an Unreal Future
Sandra Visser
3. A Few Worries About the Systematic Metaphysics of Open Future Open Theism
Benjamin H. Arbour
Part II: Open Theism and Other Philosophical Issues
4. Open Theism and Origins Essentialism: A New Argument Against Open Theism
David Alexander
5. The ‘Openness’ in Compatibilism
Paul Helm
6. Foreknowledge, Freedom, and Vicious Circles: Anselm vs. Open Theism
Katherin Rogers
7. On Open Theism, Either God Has False Beliefs, or I Can Know Something That God Cannot Know
Robert B. Stewart
Part III: Open Theism and Other Issues in Philosophical Theology
8. "May it Have Happened Lord!": Open Theism and Past Directed Prayers
James Anderson
9. Open Theism, Risk-Taking, and the Problem of Evil
Greg Welty
10. Open Theism and the Soteriological Problem of Evil
Kenneth Perszyk
11. Jesus Didn’t Die for Your Sins: Open Theism, Atonement, and the Pastoral Problem of Evil
Keith Wyma
Benjamin H. Arbour is Adjunct Professor of Philosophy at Weatherford College, USA
Date de parution : 06-2021
15.2x22.9 cm
Date de parution : 10-2018
15.2x22.9 cm
Thème de Philosophical Essays Against Open Theism :
Mots-clés :
God’s Eternal Knowledge; Simple Foreknowledge; Benjamin H; Arbour; God’s Foreknowledge; Kevin Timpe; Future Free Actions; open theism; Future Free Choices; divine omniscience; God’s Knowledge; foreknowledge; Gratuitous Evil; ontology of time; Vice Versa; free will; Middle Knowledge; systematic metaphysics; Counterfactual Power; perfect being theology; Divine Timelessness; incarnation; Free Agents; evil; Asymmetry Thesis; divine immediacy; Soteriological Problem; divine will; Causal Ancestry; philosophy of religion; Eleonore Stump; Cheese Omelet; Sandra Visser; Accidental Necessity; David Alexander; Divine Foreknowledge; Paul Helm; God’s Eternal Act; Katherin A; Rogers; Evidential Argument; Robert B; Stewart; Time Travel; James N; Anderson; Theological Determinism; Greg Welty; Plantinga’s Argument; Ken Perszyk; Eternal Present; Keith Wyma
