Richard Cartwright on Logic and the Trinity
It is often maintained that the doctrine of the Holy Trinity implies a contradiction. It is sometimes maintained that if the doctrine is formulated in a way consonant with the thesis that "identity is always relative to a sortal term," it can be shown that it does not involve a contradicti...
| Published in: | TheoLogica |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Presses Universitaires de Louvain, Université Catholique de Louvain
2022
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TheoLogica
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| RelBib Classification: | KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history NBC Doctrine of God VA Philosophy |
| Further subjects: | B
Trinity
B Relativity of identity B Peter Geach B Formal contradiction B Richard Cartwright |
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| Summary: | It is often maintained that the doctrine of the Holy Trinity implies a contradiction. It is sometimes maintained that if the doctrine is formulated in a way consonant with the thesis that "identity is always relative to a sortal term," it can be shown that it does not involve a contradiction. Richard Cartwright has contended that an appeal to "the relativity of identity" cannot change the fact that the doctrine of the Trinity is inconsistent with a principle that is "evident to the natural light of reason," namely If every A is a B, then there cannot be fewer B’s than A’s. The purpose of this essay is to examine and evaluate that contention. |
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| ISSN: | 2593-0265 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: TheoLogica
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.14428/thl.v6i2.63893 |