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The Compatibility Of Divine Determinism And Human Freedom: A Modest Proposal, David P. Hunt
The Compatibility Of Divine Determinism And Human Freedom: A Modest Proposal, David P. Hunt
Philosophy
I begin by developing an argument for the conclusion that God's causally determining everything we do is compatible with human freedom. Libertarian theists (and not just libertarians) will suspect that something must be wrong with the argument. They are right, and T explain why. I then point out that certain influential arguments for the conclusion that God's foreknowing everything we do is compatible with human freedom are in the same logical boat as this fallacious argument. I look closely at tvvo of these, showing how they go astray. I conclude with some morals suggested by this cautionary tale.
On A Theological Counterexample To The Principle Of Alternate Possibilities, David P. Hunt
On A Theological Counterexample To The Principle Of Alternate Possibilities, David P. Hunt
Philosophy
In an earlier paper in this journal I suggested that the standard argument for theological fatalism provides a counterexample to one of its own premises, the Principle of Alternate Possibilities. David Widerker has recently urged in these pages three objections to my suggestion. I here argue that only the third of these objections raises a serious difficulty for my position, though even this difficulty is far from decisive.