Ontology of Divinity

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Ontology of Divinity

Edited by: Mirosław Szatkowski

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2024

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Volume 89 | Philosophical Analysis

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This volume announces a new era in the philosophy of God. Many of its contributions work to create stronger links between the philosophy of God, on the one hand, and mathematics or metamathematics, on the other hand. It is about not only the possibilities of applying mathematics or metamathematics to questions about God, but also the reverse question: Does the philosophy of God have anything to offer mathematics or metamathematics? The remaining contributions tackle stereotypes in the philosophy of religion.

The volume includes 35 contributions. It is divided into nine parts: 1. Who Created the Concept of God; 2. Omniscience, Omnipotence, Timelessness and Spacelessness of God; 3. God and Perfect Goodness, Perfect Beauty, Perfect Freedom; 4. God, Fundamentality and Creation of All Else; 5. Simplicity and Ineffability of God; 6. God, Necessity and Abstract Objects; 7. God, Infinity, and Pascal’s Wager; 8. God and (Meta-)Mathematics; and 9. God and Mind.

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Mirosław Szatkowski, International Society for Formal Ontology (ISFO), Poland.

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Acknowledgments
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Table of Contents
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List of Abbreviations
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Introduction: An Incomplete Guide to Ontology of Divinity
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Mirosław Szatkowski
I Who Created the Concept of God?
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1 The Meaning(s) of the Question of ‘Origins’ and the Creation of ‘GOD’ as ‘Concept’
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Jaco Gericke
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2 The Concept of God as Perfect Being. The Presentation of Ancient Christian and Medieval Views
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Agnieszka Kijewska
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3 Concepts of God and Their Origins
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James E. Taylor
II Omniscience, Omnipotence, Timelessness and Spacelessness of God
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4 Divine Omniscience: Complete Knowledge or Supreme Knowledge?
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Jan Heylen
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5 Omnipotence and the Power to Make Evil Choices
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Wes Morriston
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6 Divine Eternality
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R. T. Mullins
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7 Space, Mind and Deity
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Robin Le Poidevin
III God and Perfect Goodness, Perfect Beauty, Perfect Freedom
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8 On Modal Arguments against Perfect Goodness
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Michael Almeida
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9 God and Perfect Beauty
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Peter Forrest
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10 Absolute Immutability and God’s Libertarian Freedom in the Ontology of Divine Agency
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Michał Głowala
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11 Why Not? God
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Kenneth L. Pearce
IV God, Fundamentality and Creation of All Else
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12 God and/as the Universe
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István Aranyosi
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13 The Problem of Creation Ex Nihilo: A New Argument against Classical Theism
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Felipe Leon
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14 Natural Sciences as Constraints on Ideas about the Divine
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Willem B. Drees
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15 God and Fundamentality: From Fundamentality to Perfection
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Joshua Rasmussen
V Simplicity and Ineffability of God
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16 Divine Simplicity and Eliminative Theism
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Michael Almeida
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17 Why Divine Simplicity Is Unnecessary
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Stephen T. Davis
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18 God and the Paradox of Ineffability
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Graham Priest
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19 Divine Simplicity: Anselm’s Neoplatonic Approach
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Katherin Rogers
VI God, Necessity and Abstract Objects
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20 God, Necessity, and Necessities
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Ciro De Florio and Aldo Frigerio
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21 In Defense of Christian Platonism
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Paul M. Gould
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22 God and Abstract Objects
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Scott A. Shalkowski
VII God, Infinity, and Pascal’s Wager
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23 Pascal’s Wager and the Precautionary Principle
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Paul Bartha
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24 Reflections on Infinite Utility and Deliberation in Pascal’s Wager
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Alan Hájek
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25 Quantity Has a Quality All Its Own
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Leon Horsten
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26 Potential Infinity, Paradox, and the Mind of God: Historical Survey
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Samuel Levey, Øystein Linnebo and Stewart Shapiro
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27 Absolute Infinity, Knowledge, and Divinity in the Thought of Cusanus and Cantor
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Anne Newstead
VIII God and (Meta-)Mathematics
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28 Reflection in Apophatic Mathematics and Theology
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Neil Barton
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29 Are Proofs of God’s Existence Impossible? A Critical Examination of Kant’s Critique
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Meir Buzaglo
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30 Spinoza and the Universal Set: A Proposal
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Meir Buzaglo
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31 A Divine Consistency Proof for Mathematics
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32 Naming God’s Essence: Ineffability, Analogy and Set Theory
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Claudio Ternullo
IX God and Mind
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33 What’s on God’s Mind?
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John Heil
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34 How Phenomenal Consciousness Provides Evidence for God’s Existence and Informs What It Means to Say God Is a Spirit
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James P. Moreland
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35 God and Mind
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Charles Taliaferro
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Authors of Contributed Papers
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Person Index
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Subject Index
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Paradoxes; Ineffability; Fundamentality; Paraconsistency

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Researchers in theology, philosophy, set theory, readers interested in justifying the theistic worldview or its rejection

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Ontology of Divinity

Overview

About this book

Author / Editor information

Topics

Table of contents

Frontmatter

Acknowledgments

Table of Contents

List of Abbreviations

Introduction: An Incomplete Guide to Ontology of Divinity

1 The Meaning(s) of the Question of ‘Origins’ and the Creation of ‘GOD’ as ‘Concept’

2 The Concept of God as Perfect Being. The Presentation of Ancient Christian and Medieval Views

3 Concepts of God and Their Origins

4 Divine Omniscience: Complete Knowledge or Supreme Knowledge?

5 Omnipotence and the Power to Make Evil Choices

6 Divine Eternality

7 Space, Mind and Deity

8 On Modal Arguments against Perfect Goodness

9 God and Perfect Beauty

10 Absolute Immutability and God’s Libertarian Freedom in the Ontology of Divine Agency

11 Why Not? God

12 God and/as the Universe

13 The Problem of Creation Ex Nihilo: A New Argument against Classical Theism

14 Natural Sciences as Constraints on Ideas about the Divine

15 God and Fundamentality: From Fundamentality to Perfection

16 Divine Simplicity and Eliminative Theism

17 Why Divine Simplicity Is Unnecessary

18 God and the Paradox of Ineffability

19 Divine Simplicity: Anselm’s Neoplatonic Approach

20 God, Necessity, and Necessities

21 In Defense of Christian Platonism

22 God and Abstract Objects

23 Pascal’s Wager and the Precautionary Principle

24 Reflections on Infinite Utility and Deliberation in Pascal’s Wager

25 Quantity Has a Quality All Its Own

26 Potential Infinity, Paradox, and the Mind of God: Historical Survey

27 Absolute Infinity, Knowledge, and Divinity in the Thought of Cusanus and Cantor

28 Reflection in Apophatic Mathematics and Theology

29 Are Proofs of God’s Existence Impossible? A Critical Examination of Kant’s Critique

30 Spinoza and the Universal Set: A Proposal

31 A Divine Consistency Proof for Mathematics

32 Naming God’s Essence: Ineffability, Analogy and Set Theory

33 What’s on God’s Mind?

34 How Phenomenal Consciousness Provides Evidence for God’s Existence and Informs What It Means to Say God Is a Spirit

35 God and Mind

Authors of Contributed Papers

Person Index

Subject Index

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