Free will and theism : connections, contingencies, and concerns / edited by Kevin Timpe and Daniel Speak.
This volume presents a systematic exploration of the relationship between religious beliefs and how they might shape our views about the nature of free will. A team of leading experts in the field focus their attention on this crucial point of intellectual intersection with surprising and illuminating results.
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| Beteiligte Person(en) | , |
|---|---|
| Ausgabe | First edition. |
| Ort, Verlag, Jahr |
Oxford
: Oxford University Press
, 2016
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| Umfang | 1 online resource (329 p.) |
| ISBN | 0-19-180395-2 0-19-106150-6 |
| Sprache | Englisch |
| Zusatzinfo | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Zusatzinfo | Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication ; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Contributors; Introduction; From Whence the Elephant? Evil and Desert; Free Will in Philosophy of Religion; Challenges to rationality of theistic belief; Divine attributes; Specific theological doctrines; What is to Come; References; 1: The Runeberg Problem: Theism, Libertarianism, and Motivated Reasoning; Runebergs; The Data; Explaining the Data; Libertarianism as a Theistic Runeberg; Further Considerations; Religious Beliefs and Indeterminism; Descriptionist Methodologies; The Runeberg Problem The 'Wrong Runeberg' ReplyThe 'Runebergs for Everyone!' Reply; Taking Stock; References; 2: Libertarianism and the Problem of Flip-flopping; Introduction; The Consequence Argument; Van Inwagen's Flip-flopping; The Flip-flopping Problem; Libertarianism and Theism; Conclusion; References; 3: The Cost of Freedom; Introduction; Free Will of What Sort?; Value Proposals; Intrinsic value; Extrinsic value; Love; Moral Responsibility; Meaningful Life; Sense of Self; Truly Good Acts; Genuine Creativity; Taking a Measure; Problems; References; 4: One Hell of a Problem for Christian Compatibilists Metaphysics and Magic TricksSome Troubling Implications; Majestic Manipulation and Moral Responsibility; The Ultimate Test Case; A Clash of Fundamental Intuitions and a Final Option; What Should We Conclude?; References; 5: Relative Responsibility and Theism; Introduction; Theism and the Control Condition; Theism and Manipulation; Competing Reconciliation Strategies; Choose Your Mystery; Conclusion; References; 6: Libertarianism and Theological Determinism; The Conflict; Theistic Morality without Basic Desert; Libertarianism, Theological Determinism, and the Problem of Evil Theological Determinism and our Relationship with GodFinal Words; References; 7: Against Theological Determinism; Introduction; Human Freedom and the Atheistic Argument From Evil; Theological Determinism and Divine Involvement in Moral Evil; Theological Determinism and the Confession of and Struggle against Sin; Theological Determinism and Divine-Human Relationships; Theological Determinism and the Doctrine of the Incarnation; Conclusion; References; 8: Classical Theism has No Implications for the Debate between Libertarianism and Compatibilism; Introduction; Theism and Compatibilism Theism and LibertarianismConclusion; References; 9: Libertarianism as a Naturalistic Position; Libertarianism and animals; Libertarianism and Physics; Libertarianism and Methodology; References; 10: Agent Causation and Theism; Overview; Identification Reductionism; Irreducible Freedom and Dynamic Agency; Volitionalism and the Practical Standpoint; Concluding Thoughts; References; 11: Bringing about Perfect Worlds; Introduction; World Making; Predicting Perfect Worlds; Creating Perfect Predictors; A Weak Essentialist Objection to Unrestricted Actualization A Molinist Objection to Unrestricted Actualization |
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