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JET
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Date Joined Jun 2002
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Posted 8/14/2003 6:40 PM (GMT -6)

Doc has argued that:

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denying God’s knowledge of conjoined mights actually constitutes a DENIAL of omniscience (for even if God wanted to falsify all conjoined mights in this world, he would still know them (as false) and still know that in other possible worlds they are true.)

However, a Molinist wouldn’t have to deny God’s knowledge of logically possible conjoined mights. A Molinst could say that there is no metaphysically possible world in which “might and might not” is true based on the Molinist understanding of the nature of creaturely freedom--i.e., that for any metaphysically possible free agent in any metaphysically possible circumstances, A either would or would not do X.

But then the Molinist would be denying that God has it within God’s power to create an agent that can exercise freedom in a way that is not entirely predictable.

So, could it be that what is at stake is not omniscience, but rather omnipotence?

Thanks,

JET

rossfadeinout
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Posted 8/15/2003 9:43 AM (GMT -6)

Good insight JET.... Always enjoy your posts.

Ross

"Let us remember how common the folly is of going from one faulty extreme into the opposite." -Thomas Reid

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