
God, Time, and Knowledge
Science, Poetry, and Politics in the Age of Milton
William Hasker(Author)
Cornell University Press
Published on 15. May 1998
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-0-8014-8545-9 (ISBN)
Description
"This outstanding book... is a genuinely pivotal contribution to the lively current debate over divine foreknowledge and human freedom.... Hasker's book has three commendable features worthy of immediate note. First, it contains a carefully crafted overview of the recent literature on foreknowledge and freedom and so can serve as an excellent introduction to that literature. Second, it is tightly reasoned and brimming with brisk arguments, many of them highly original. Third, it correctly situates the philosophical dispute over foreknowledge and freedom within its proper theological context and in so doing highlights the intimate connection between the doctrines of divine omniscience and divine providence."-Faith and Philosophy"[God, Time, and Knowledge] is an elegantly written, forcefully argued challenge to traditional views, and a major contribution to the discussion of divine foreknowledge."-Philosophical Review"This is a very competent, thorough analysis of the conflict between free will and divine foreknowledge (or, on some acounts, timeless divine knowledge of our future). It is exceptionally clear."-Theological Book Review
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This outstanding book... is a genuinely pivotal contribution to the lively current debate over divine foreknowledge and human freedom.... Hasker's book has three commendable features worthy of immediate note. First, it contains a carefully crafted overview of the recent literature on foreknowledge and freedom and so can serve as an excellent introduction to that literature. Second, it is tightly reasoned and brimming with brisk arguments, many of them highly original. Third, it correctly situates the philosophical dispute over foreknowledge and freedom within its proper theological context and in so doing highlights the intimate connection between the doctrines of divine omniscience and divine providence.(Faith and Philosophy) [God, Time, and Knowledge] is an elegantly written, forcefully argued challenge to traditional views, and a major contribution to the discussion of divine foreknowledge.
(Philosophical Review) This is a very competent, thorough analysis of the conflict between free will and divine foreknowledge (or, on some acounts, timeless divine knowledge of our future). It is exceptionally clear.
(Theological Book Review)
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Edition
Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Ithaca
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
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Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 151 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
294 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8014-8545-9 (9780801485459)
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William Hasker is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Huntington College. He is the author of The Emergent Self, also from Cornell.