Omniscience
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The aim of the book is to clarify the concept of omniscience. This is done first by discussing basic questions on omniscience (chs.1-12) and secondly by offering a theory of omniscience as an axiomatic system in which also a definition of omniscience is given (ch.13). The twelve chapters deal with questions like whether everything is true what God knows, whether God´s knowledge is bound to time, whether it concerns singular truths or only laws, whether it extends also to contingent future events.etc. The book is neither a book about the existence of God nor about proofs for his existence. It is a book about the possibility of a consistent concept of omniscience which can be attributed to God. And it invalidates opposite claims and shows that they are based on wrong or very doubtful premises. The pros and cons at the beginning of each chapter represent different positions and objections which are clarified and discussed in the answer to the objections.
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2 - Contents [Seite 7]
3 - 1. Whether Everything is True What GodKnows [Seite 13]
4 - 2. Whether God Necessarily Knows WhateverHe Knows [Seite 31]
5 - 3. Whether God Knows Something at SomeTime [Seite 37]
6 - 4. Whether God Knows All Past and PresentEvents [Seite 49]
7 - 5. Whether God's Knowledge Exceeds HisPower [Seite 53]
8 - 6. Whether God Causes Everything What HeKnows [Seite 65]
9 - 7. Whether God Knows Singular Truths? [Seite 79]
10 - 8. Whether God's Knowledge of Singular,Contingent Truths Implies the Mutability ofGod [Seite 91]
11 - 9. Whether God Knows What Is Not [Seite 97]
12 - 10. Whether Knowledge or Truth Can Changethe Status of a State of Affairs [Seite 109]
13 - 11. Whether God Knows Future States ofAffairs [Seite 127]
14 - 12. Whether God Knows Everything That isTrue [Seite 147]
15 - 13. A Theory of Omniscience [Seite 165]
16 - LITERATURE [Seite 185]
17 - Subject Index [Seite 195]
18 - Name Index [Seite 199]
