Omniscience : from a logical point of view / Paul Weingartner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weingartner, Paul.

Series:

Philosophische Analyse ; Bd. 23.

Philosophische Analyse / Philosophical analysis ; Bd. 23

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

God (Christianity)--Omniscience.

God (Christianity).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (202 p.)

Place of Publication:

Frankfurt : Ontos Verlag, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The aim of the book is to clarify the concept of omniscience. This is done first by discussing basic questions on omniscience (chs.1-12) and secondly by offering a theory of omniscience as an axiomatic system in which also a definition of omniscience is given (ch.13). The twelve chapters deal with questions like whether everything is true what God knows, whether God ́s knowledge is bound to time, whether it concerns singular truths or only laws, whether it extends also to contingent futureevents.etc. The book is neither a book about the existence of God nor about proofs for his existence. It is

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

1. Whether Everything is True What God Knows

2. Whether God Necessarily Knows Whatever He Knows

3. Whether God Knows Something at Some Time

4. Whether God Knows All Past and Present Events

5. Whether God's Knowledge Exceeds His Power

6. Whether God Causes Everything What He Knows

7. Whether God Knows Singular Truths?

8. Whether God's Knowledge of Singular, Contingent Truths Implies the Mutability of God

9. Whether God Knows What Is Not.

10. Whether Knowledge or Truth Can Change the Status of a State of Affairs

11. Whether God Knows Future States of Affairs

12. Whether God Knows Everything That is True

13. A Theory of Omniscience

LITERATURE

Subject Index

Name Index

Backmatter

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

3-938793-81-3

3-11-032709-0

OCLC:

851970848