Divine omniscience and knowledge de se

Patrick Grim argues that God cannot beomniscient because no one other than me canacquire knowledge de se of myself. Inparticular, according to Grim, God cannot knowwhat I know in knowing that I am making amess. I argue, however, that given twoplausible principles regarding divineattributes there is...

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Published in:International journal for philosophy of religion
Main Author: Nagasawa, Yujin (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V 2003
In: International journal for philosophy of religion
Year: 2003, Volume: 53, Issue: 2, Pages: 73-82
Further subjects:B Divine Omniscience
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Summary:Patrick Grim argues that God cannot beomniscient because no one other than me canacquire knowledge de se of myself. Inparticular, according to Grim, God cannot knowwhat I know in knowing that I am making amess. I argue, however, that given twoplausible principles regarding divineattributes there is no reason to accept Grim'sconclusion that God cannot be omniscient. Inthis paper I focus on the relationship betweendivine omniscience and necessaryimpossibilities, in contrast to the generaltrend of research since Aquinas, which hasconcentrated on the relationship between divineomnipotence and necessary impossibilities.
ISSN:1572-8684
Contains:Enthalten in: International journal for philosophy of religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1023/A:1023317625835