Utrum verum et simplex convertantur: The Simplicity of God in Aquinas and Swinburne

This paper explores Thomas Aquinas' and Richard Swinburne's doctrines of simplicity in the context of their philosophical theologies. Both say that God is simple. However, Swinburne takes simplicity as a property of the theistic hypothesis, while for Aquinas simplicity is a property of God...

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Main Author: Tapp, Christian 1975- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Innsbruck in cooperation with the John Hick Centre for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Birmingham [2018]
In: European journal for philosophy of religion
Year: 2018, Volume: 10, Issue: 2, Pages: 23-50
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Thomas Aquinas 1225-1274 / Swinburne, Richard 1934- / Simplicity of God
RelBib Classification:AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
NBC Doctrine of God
VB Hermeneutics; Philosophy
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