Divine Foreknowledge and Necessity An Ockhamist Response to the Dilemma of God's Foreknowledge and Human Freedom

by Song, In-Kyu

• ISBN13: 9780761822950
• ISBN10: 076182295X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-11-13
• Publisher: UPA

Summary

One of the most mind-boggling topics in philosophical theology is the relationship between divine foreknowledge and human freedom. If God has a complete knowledge of the future due to his epistemic perfection, how can a human being be free with respect to his future action? Divine Foreknowledge and Necessity defends the thesis that divine foreknowledge is compatible with human freedom. Author In-Kyu Song argues for such compatibility between the two by way of exploring what sort of necessity is involved in God's foreknowledge with regard to human freedom.

Table of Contents

Foreword	v
Preface	vii
Acknowledgments	xi
Introduction: Preliminaries and Overview	1	(12)
The Mode and Structure of Divine Foreknowledge	13	(26)
Ockhamism: Then and Now	39	(24)
Fischer's Diehardness	63	(22)
Hasker on Hard and Soft Facts	85	(24)
Counterfactual Power over the Past	109	(32)
Foreknowledge Compatibilism and Libertarian Freedom	141	(24)
Summary and Implications	165	(14)
Bibliography	179	(8)
Subject Index	187	(6)
Person Index	193