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9781847062154

Ontology and Providence in Creation Taking ex nihilo Seriously

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  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2008-10-01
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
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Summary

In Ontology and Providence in Creation Mark Robson examines and rejects a particular philosophical understanding of the processes of creation. Many theologians and philosophers claim that creation is the actualizing of a possible world. Robson rejects thi

Author Biography

Mark Ian Thomas Robson is Head of Philosophy at St Robert of Newminster RC School and Sixth Form College, UK.

Table of Contents

The Ontology of Creatio Ex Nihilop. 1
Leibniz's Ontology of the Possiblep. 3
The Ontology of Modern Modal Theoriesp. 16
An Alternative Account Concerning Possibiliap. 38
Vagueness and Indeterminatenessp. 64
Knowledge, Possibility and Ockhamp. 74
Divine Capacitiesp. 96
Providential Aspects of Creatio Ex Nihilop. 107
Theories of Providencep. 109
Providence and Indeterminatenessp. 129
God and Chancep. 145
Creativity and Creatio Ex Nihilop. 161
The Notion of Creativityp. 163
Externalism and the Creation of Meaningp. 190
Conclusionp. 205
Bibliographyp. 208
Indexp. 217
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