Divine Foreknowledge and Necessity - An Ockhamist Response to the Dilemma of God's Foreknowledge and Human Freedom

One of the most mind-boggling topics in philosophical theology is the relationship between divine foreknowledge and human freedom. If God has a complete knowledge of the future due to his epistemic perfection, how can a human being be free with respect to his future action?

List of contents

Chapter 1 Foreword Chapter 2 Preface Chapter 3 Acknowledgments Chapter 4 Introduction: Preliminaries and Overview Chapter 5 The Mode and Structure of Divine Foreknowledge Chapter 6 Ockhamism: Then and Now Chapter 7 Fischer's Diehardness Chapter 8 Hasker on Hard and Soft Facts Chapter 9 Counterfactual Power over the Past Chapter 10 Foreknowledge Compatibilism and Libertarian Freedom Chapter 11 Conclusion: Summary and Implications Chapter 12 Bibliography Chapter 13 Subject Index Chapter 14 Person Index

About the author

By In-Kyu Song

Product details

• Authors: In-Kyu Song, Song In-Kyu
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.09.2002
• EAN: 9780761822967
• ISBN: 978-0-7618-2296-7
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 254 g
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; RELIGION / General, REFERENCE / General, Religion & beliefs, Religion and beliefs, Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects, Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects