Omniscience and Divine Co-eternality
The conflict between divine foreknowledge and human free will is a major controversy within theology and philosophy of religion. Needless to say, the proper notion of time and its relation to God is essential for coping with this conflict. Based on this notion, there are three solutions to the confl...
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| description | The conflict between divine foreknowledge and human free will is a major controversy within theology and philosophy of religion. Needless to say, the proper notion of time and its relation to God is essential for coping with this conflict. Based on this notion, there are three solutions to the conflict including “indeterminacy of the future”, “unknowability of future free acts”, and “Timelessness of divine knowledge”. In this paper, I shall begin by evaluation of the first two theories and show how they cannot settle the conflict. I shall, then, assess the third theory and show that it is the most successful one. Besides, the theories of some Christian philosophers like Thomas Aquinas, Anselm and Boethius are explained in light of the thoughts of Islamic philosophers, especially Qazi Saeed al-Qumi. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-de4e677b3ed84b1f9a348486494a254a2024-03-06T08:03:07ZfasImam Sadiq Universityپژوهشنامه فلسفه دین2228-65782228-65862016-10-011428310310.30497/prr.2017.19091909Omniscience and Divine Co-eternalityEnshallah Rahmati0Associate Professor, Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch, Tehran, IranThe conflict between divine foreknowledge and human free will is a major controversy within theology and philosophy of religion. Needless to say, the proper notion of time and its relation to God is essential for coping with this conflict. Based on this notion, there are three solutions to the conflict including “indeterminacy of the future”, “unknowability of future free acts”, and “Timelessness of divine knowledge”. In this paper, I shall begin by evaluation of the first two theories and show how they cannot settle the conflict. I shall, then, assess the third theory and show that it is the most successful one. Besides, the theories of some Christian philosophers like Thomas Aquinas, Anselm and Boethius are explained in light of the thoughts of Islamic philosophers, especially Qazi Saeed al-Qumi.https://prrj.isu.ac.ir/article_1909_36d94c830edddf3acb344401596c41bc.pdfomnisciencehuman free willtimelessnessdivine co-eternality |
| spellingShingle | Enshallah Rahmati Omniscience and Divine Co-eternality پژوهشنامه فلسفه دین omniscience human free will timelessness divine co-eternality |
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| title_short | Omniscience and Divine Co-eternality |
| title_sort | omniscience and divine co eternality |
| topic | omniscience human free will timelessness divine co-eternality |
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