The only wise God : the compatibility of divine foreknowledge and human freedom
โ Scribed by Craig, William Lane
- Publisher
- Wipf and Stock Publishers
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Table of Contents
God's knowledge of the present, past, and future --
Two denials of the biblical doctrine --
The argument for theological fatalism --
Three unsuccessful attempts to escape fatalism --
Theological fatalism rejected --
The necessity of the past --
Rejection of fatalism in other fields : backward causation --
Rejection of fatalism in other fields : time travel --
Rejection of fatalism in other fields : precognition --
Recognition of fatalism in other fields : Newcomb's paradox --
Innate knowledge --
Middle knowledge.
โฆ Subjects
God (Christianity) -- Omniscience;Free will and determinism;Liberty -- Religious aspects -- Christianity;RELIGION -- Christian Theology -- General
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