Eternity, knowledge, and freedom


Autoria(s): Diekemper, Joseph
Data(s)

01/03/2013

Resumo

This article addresses the problem of divine foreknowledge and human freedom by developing a modi?ed version of Boethius’ solution to the problem–one that is meant to cohere with a dynamic theory of time and a conception of God as temporal. I begin the article by discussing the traditional Boethian solution, and a defence of it due to Kretzmann and Stump. After canvassing a few of the objections to this view, I then go on to o?er my own modi?ed Boethian solution, according to which temporal reality is fundamentally dynamic, but truth is not. My claim is that there are eternally existing, tenseless propositions, with determinate truth values, but that these are made true by events that come into existence, and are not themselves eternal.

Identificador

http://pure.qub.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/eternity-knowledge-and-freedom(dfa99552-98d0-4d04-9456-e89b97d6a40b).html

http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0034412512000170

Idioma(s)

eng

Direitos

info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess

Fonte

Diekemper , J 2013 , ' Eternity, knowledge, and freedom ' Religious Studies , vol 49 , no. 1 , pp. 45-64 . DOI: 10.1017/S0034412512000170

Palavras-Chave #divine eternity #Metaphysics #Time #Fatalism
Tipo

article