The Problem of Divine Foreknowledge and Future Contingents
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The Problem of Divine Foreknowledge and Future Contingents is a philosophical and theological work examining how God's foreknowledge can be reconciled with human free will and the existence of genuinely open future events.
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| The Problem of Divine Foreknowledge and Future Contingents canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Problem of Divine Foreknowledge and Future Contingents Context triple: [William Lane Craig, hasWritten, The Problem of Divine Foreknowledge and Future Contingents]
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On the Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason
On the Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason is a foundational philosophical treatise by Arthur Schopenhauer that analyzes the different ways in which the principle of sufficient reason structures human knowledge and experience.
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The Analytic Theist
The Analytic Theist is a collection of essays and interviews by philosopher Alvin Plantinga that explores and defends the rationality of theistic belief using tools of contemporary analytic philosophy.
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Leibniz's metaphysics of modality
Leibniz's metaphysics of modality is his philosophical account of possibility, necessity, and contingency grounded in the notion of possible worlds and the principle that God actualizes the best of all compossible worlds.
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D.
God and Other Minds
"God and Other Minds" is a 1967 philosophical work by Alvin Plantinga that argues belief in God can be rationally justified in a way analogous to belief in other minds.
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E.
Man’s Vision of God and the Logic of Theism
"Man’s Vision of God and the Logic of Theism" is a philosophical work that develops Charles Hartshorne’s process-oriented, neoclassical conception of God and offers a rigorous logical defense of theism.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Problem of Divine Foreknowledge and Future Contingents Target entity description: The Problem of Divine Foreknowledge and Future Contingents is a philosophical and theological work examining how God's foreknowledge can be reconciled with human free will and the existence of genuinely open future events.
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A.
On the Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason
On the Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason is a foundational philosophical treatise by Arthur Schopenhauer that analyzes the different ways in which the principle of sufficient reason structures human knowledge and experience.
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B.
The Analytic Theist
The Analytic Theist is a collection of essays and interviews by philosopher Alvin Plantinga that explores and defends the rationality of theistic belief using tools of contemporary analytic philosophy.
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C.
Leibniz's metaphysics of modality
Leibniz's metaphysics of modality is his philosophical account of possibility, necessity, and contingency grounded in the notion of possible worlds and the principle that God actualizes the best of all compossible worlds.
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D.
God and Other Minds
"God and Other Minds" is a 1967 philosophical work by Alvin Plantinga that argues belief in God can be rationally justified in a way analogous to belief in other minds.
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E.
Man’s Vision of God and the Logic of Theism
"Man’s Vision of God and the Logic of Theism" is a philosophical work that develops Charles Hartshorne’s process-oriented, neoclassical conception of God and offers a rigorous logical defense of theism.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
philosophical work
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theological work ⓘ |
| addresses |
modal issues concerning necessity and possibility of future events
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the apparent conflict between divine omniscience and libertarian free will ⓘ the problem of theological fatalism ⓘ whether the future is metaphysically open or fixed ⓘ |
| aimsAt |
clarifying the logical structure of arguments for theological fatalism
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preserving both divine omniscience and human freedom ⓘ |
| analyzes |
conditions for human moral responsibility
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different models of divine knowledge ⓘ the notion of infallible foreknowledge ⓘ |
| concerns |
logic of future-tense propositions
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metaphysics of time ⓘ philosophical theology ⓘ philosophy of religion ⓘ |
| discusses |
compatibilist approaches to divine foreknowledge
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incompatibilist approaches to divine foreknowledge ⓘ the idea that God is outside time ⓘ the idea that God knows future contingents via their causes ⓘ |
| examines |
logical problems raised by future contingent propositions
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reconciliation of divine foreknowledge with human freedom ⓘ the compatibility of infallible foreknowledge with open future events ⓘ the relation between omniscience and contingency ⓘ the status of truth-values for future-tense statements ⓘ |
| hasMainTopic |
divine foreknowledge
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future contingents ⓘ human free will ⓘ |
| investigates |
how divine timelessness might relate to foreknowledge
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the implications of different theories of time for foreknowledge ⓘ whether God’s beliefs about the future can be contingent ⓘ whether future contingent events can be genuinely open ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Boethian timelessness accounts of foreknowledge
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Ockhamist accounts of future contingents ⓘ classical theism ⓘ middle knowledge theories ⓘ the open future view ⓘ the open theism debate ⓘ the problem of evil ⓘ theological fatalism debate ⓘ |
| situatedInDiscipline |
analytic philosophy of religion
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systematic theology ⓘ |
| usesConcept |
contingency
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necessity ⓘ omniscience ⓘ temporal modality ⓘ truth-values of propositions ⓘ |
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Subject: The Problem of Divine Foreknowledge and Future Contingents Description of subject: The Problem of Divine Foreknowledge and Future Contingents is a philosophical and theological work examining how God's foreknowledge can be reconciled with human free will and the existence of genuinely open future events.
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