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Jules Lequyer: Prophet Of Open Theism (Powerpoint), Donald W. Viney
Jules Lequyer: Prophet Of Open Theism (Powerpoint), Donald W. Viney
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This PowerPoint makes the case for considering Jules Lequyer as the "Prophet of Open Theism" because of his view of God as creating other creators, as affected by creaturely decisions, and therefore as facing a relatively open future. The PowerPoint was first presented in Dallas, Texas on October 24, 2014 at the Randomness and Foreknowledge Conference sponsored by the Templeton Foundation.
God As The Most And Best Moved Mover: Charles Hartshorne's Importance For Philosophical Theology, Donald W. Viney
God As The Most And Best Moved Mover: Charles Hartshorne's Importance For Philosophical Theology, Donald W. Viney
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The work of Charles Hartshorne (1897-2000) may be the single most important factor in dissolving the consensus among philosophers that an entirely absolute deity should be considered normative for theology. What Hartshorne calls classical theism holds that God creates the universe ex nihilo, that God alone has the power to create, thereby entailing that the creatures are wholly uncreative. Classical theism is an anomaly in the sense that the Bible portrays God and the creatures in dynamic interaction with each other. Classical theism also presents various antinomies of how a God with no contingent properties could know a contingent …
The Making Of A Feminist: A Philosophical Autobiography, Donald W. Viney
The Making Of A Feminist: A Philosophical Autobiography, Donald W. Viney
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This article--written at the request of Megan Duffy--summarizes my journey to feminism from the female role models in my life, to my discovery of the power of language to shape attitudes and behaviors, to my introduction to Feminist Theology, reading the work of Rosemary Ruether and meeting her when she visited campus.
When Gorillas Do Philosophy: Philosophy At Pittsburg State University, 1912-1990, Donald W. Viney
When Gorillas Do Philosophy: Philosophy At Pittsburg State University, 1912-1990, Donald W. Viney
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Charles B. Pyle (1872-1957), who received his doctorate in philosophy from Boston University under the direction of E. S. Brightman, taught at the Kansas State Teacher's College--now Pittsburg State University--from 1924 until 1947 and was chair of the Department of Psychology and Philosophy from 1924 until 1942. He introduced the basic curriculum in philosophy at the university and, in his final years, directed the thesis of Prescott Johnson (perhaps the only philosophy master's thesis to have been completed at PSU). Johnson went on to teach at Monmouth College in Illinois. This article traces philosophy at PSU from the time of …
How To Argue For God's Existence: Reflections On Hartshorne's Global Argument, Donald W. Viney
How To Argue For God's Existence: Reflections On Hartshorne's Global Argument, Donald W. Viney
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Charles Hartshorne challenges the supposed truism that one cannot prove, or at least cannot make a strong rational argument for, the existence of God. Hartshorne makes at least four advances on previous efforts. First, he employs a "global" or multiple argument strategy, also known as a cumulative case, and thus he does not require any single argument to do all the work for theism. Second, he insists that the issue of God's existence is conceptual, not empirical, and thereby he avoids the trap of thinking that God must be a hypothesis in science. Third, he uses position matrices to emphasize …