
Divine Ideas
Thomas M. Ward(Author)
Cambridge University Press
Published on 3. September 2020
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Paperback/Softback
82 pages
978-1-108-81969-5 (ISBN)
Description
This Element defends a version of the classical theory of divine ideas, the containment exemplarist theory of divine ideas. The classical theory holds that God has ideas of all possible creatures, that these ideas partially explain why God's creation of the world is a rational and free personal action, and that God does not depend on anything external to himself for having the ideas he has. The containment exemplarist version of the classical theory holds that God's own nature is the exemplar of all possible creatures, and therefore that God's ideas of possible creatures are in some sense ideas of himself. Containment exemplarism offers a monotheism fit for metaphysics, insofar as it is coherent, simple, and explanatorily powerful; and offers a metaphysics fit for monotheism, insofar as it leaves God truly worthy of the unconditional worship which Christians, along with Jews and Muslims, aspire to offer to God.
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English
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Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 147 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight
130 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-108-81969-5 (9781108819695)
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1. The Theory Of Divine Ideas; 2. Theory And Worship; 3. Making Stuff Up; 4. Imitation of God; 5. Simple Enough; 6. Finding All Things In God; 7. The Metaphysics of Participation; 8. No Secular Truths.