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rossfadeinout
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Posted 12/20/2004 5:34 AM (GMT -6)

Hey all,

Over at the Garden of Forking Paths blog they have posted audio recordings of this years Wheaton Philosophy conference. There are several presentations that would be of interest to defenders of the Open View.

One of great interest would be Peter Van Inwagen's "What Does an Omniscient Being Know about the Future" in which Inwagen comes out and defends the Open View.

http://gfp.typepad.com/the_garden_of_forking_pat/

Enjoy,
Ross

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

Alan Rhoda
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Posted 12/20/2004 6:33 AM (GMT -6)

Thanks, Ross.

I had heard through the grapevine that Van Inwagen had "come out" as an open theist. I've also heard that Robert Adams has come out as well, but I'll have to check my source to be sure.

Take care,
Alan

BTW, I made a reply to your inquiry about last month's ETS conference presentation. Don't know if you saw it. Merry Christmas.\

rossfadeinout
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Date Joined Oct 2002
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Posted 12/20/2004 6:55 AM (GMT -6)

Alan,

I had actually sent off to Wheaton to get copies of all the papers, and when I read Van Inwagen's paper I was surprised that I hadn't heard before that he was an Open Theist.

His paper actually seems to run counter to the more technical statement of Open Theism that you defend. Van Inwagen seems to say that we cannot ascribe omniscience to God if we affirm LFW. Of course, it seems the definition that he is working with is the EDF view of omniscience. And this seems to be a somewhat non-technical paper.

You should send him a copy of the papers that Doc, Tom and you have been working on Eyebrow

I was wondering what happened to you on the other thread. I'll check out your post. Always enjoy reading your comments.

Merry Christmas,
Ross

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

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