Molinism : the contemporary debate / edited by Ken Perszyk.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Perszyk, Kenneth J., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Molinism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 320 pages)

Other Title:

Contemporary debate

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Molinism promises the strongest account of God's providence consistent with our freedom. But is it a coherent view, and does it provide a satisfying account of divine providence? The essays in this volume examine the status, defensibility, and application of this recently revived doctrine.

Contents:

Introduction; 1. The (Non- )Existence of Molinist Counterfactuals; 2. Whence and Whither the Molinist Debate: A Reply to Hasker; 3. Truth and Molinism; 4. Trenton Merricks on Some Anti-Molinist Arguments; 5. Pro Haskeris Contradictione; 6. Replies to Hasker and Zimmerman; 7. Molinist Conditionals; 8. Tilting at Molinism; 9. A Précis of 'Yet Another Anti-Molinist Argument'; 10. Yet Another Failed Anti-Molinist Argument; 11. An Anti-Molinist Replies; 12. Molinism and Incarnation; 13. Putting Molinism in its Place; 14. Molinism and the Thin Red Line; 15. The Free Will Defense16. Theological Determinism and Divine Providence; 17. An Open Theist Theodicy of Natural Evil; Bibliography: Recent Work on Molinism.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Other Format:

Print version

ISBN:

0-19-173128-5

0-19-959062-1

OCLC:

1336405399