Counterfactuals of divine freedom

Contrary to the commonly held position of Luis de Molina, Thomas Flint and others, I argue that counterfactuals of divine freedom ( CDFs) are pre-volitional for God within the Molinist framework. That is, CDFs are not true even partly in virtue of some act of God's will. As a result, I argue th...

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Published in:International journal for philosophy of religion
Main Author: Cohen, Yishai (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V [2016]
In: International journal for philosophy of religion
Further subjects:B Molinism
B Deliberation
B Jesus Christ Divinity
B Divine Freedom
B Libertarianism
B COUNTERFACTUALS (Logic)
B MOLINA, Luis de, 1535-1600
B Counterfactuals of freedom
B FLINT, Thomas
B Middle Knowledge
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Summary:Contrary to the commonly held position of Luis de Molina, Thomas Flint and others, I argue that counterfactuals of divine freedom ( CDFs) are pre-volitional for God within the Molinist framework. That is, CDFs are not true even partly in virtue of some act of God's will. As a result, I argue that the Molinist God fails to satisfy an epistemic openness requirement for rational deliberation, and thus she cannot rationally deliberate about which world to actualize.
ISSN:1572-8684
Contains:Enthalten in: International journal for philosophy of religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s11153-015-9542-1