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Author Hasker, William, author

Title God, Time, and Knowledge / William Hasker
Published Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]
©1998

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Description 1 online resource (224 pages)
Series Cornell Studies in the Philosophy of Religion
Contents Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. The Historical Matrix -- 2. Middle Knowledge -- 3. Simple Foreknowledge -- 4. Two Arguments for Incompatibilism -- 5. Hard and Soft Facts -- 6. Counterfactual Power over the Past -- 7. Bringing About the Past -- 8. Is "God Is Timeless" Intelligible? -- 9. Is God Timeless? -- 10. God and the Open Future -- Index
Summary "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
Notes In English
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed May 9, 2020)
Subject God (Christianity) -- Omniscience.
Free will and determinism.
Time -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
RELIGION -- Theology.
Free will and determinism.
God (Christianity) -- Omniscience.
Time -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781501702907
1501702904