Who is almighty?
Peter Geach recommended conceiving of God as almighty, not as omnipotent. I argue that Geach's heuristic explanation of almightiness does not provide a workable definition, and I propose one on his behalf. The resulting notion turns out to have precisely those theoretical virtues that Geach adv...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
2019
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Religious studies
Année: 2021, Volume: 57, Numéro: 2, Pages: 317-332 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Geach, P. T. 1916-2013
/ Doctrine de Dieu
/ Omnipotence
/ Philosophie des religions
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| RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophie de la religion NBC Dieu |
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| Résumé: | Peter Geach recommended conceiving of God as almighty, not as omnipotent. I argue that Geach's heuristic explanation of almightiness does not provide a workable definition, and I propose one on his behalf. The resulting notion turns out to have precisely those theoretical virtues that Geach advertised: it is immune to the logical puzzles that bedevil omnipotence, and it is better suited to religious contexts than the notion of maximal power that informs typical definitions of omnipotence. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-901X |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Religious studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0034412519000246 |