Conjectures. Logic and the Thomistic Debateon Human Freedom and the Divine Causality
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https://doi.org/10.24310/Metyper.2013.v0i10.2744Keywords:
freedom, god, theist, modal logic, predestination, Saint Thomas AquinasAbstract
In the question of human freedom, the theist is worse off than the non-believer. Both must explain how I can perform a free act in a physically determined universe. But the theist must also explain how I can act freely in a universe where God not only causes everything but also knows what I shall do. If the theist is a Christian, he has one more problem: he must reconcile human freedom not only with divine causality and omniscience (the philosophical problem), but with supernatural grace as well (the theological problem). I wish to reflect here only on the philosophical issue, which I think is fundamental to theological solutions.
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