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On Three Problems of Divine Simplicity


On Three Problems of Divine Simplicity - Alexander Pruss

The first problem is that it appears incomprehensible how we can meaningfully predicate different attributes of God, such as “perfect mercy” and “perfect ...

On Three Problems of Divine Simplicity - Semantic Scholar

The Fourth Lateran Council teaches that God is a " substantia seu natura simplex omnino " —an " altogether simple substance or nature " —and the First ...

What is the best argument against divine simplicity? - Reddit

The idea of God's attributes being identical to His essence is one version of simplicity. But there are other understandings of divine ...

A Few Arguments Against Divine Simplicity | Free Thinking Ministries

A Few Arguments Against Divine Simplicity · Free will is the cause of its own motion, because by his free will man moves himself for the sake of ...

Formulated Arguments Against Divine Simplicity | by Pooda - Medium

Aloneness Argument against DS · According to Divine Simplicity (1) anything that is not identical to god if it exist requires god to create it ...

Alvin Plantinga, divine simplicity, and the repercussions of rejecting it

In doing so, he rejects a core doctrine of classical theism, the argument that God is divinely simple. In short, his argument is that divine ...

Questions on Divine Simplicity | The Puritan Board

Mullins, mistakenly believe divine simplicity means there are "no real distinctions in the simple God" and that "God has no distinctions." For ...

Divine Simplicity - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

God is simple in that God transcends every form of complexity and composition familiar to the discursive intellect.

Why Denial of Divine Simplicity Implies Atheism - Eclectic Orthodoxy

Bradshaw argues that without a clear distinction between the divine essence and divine energies, the simplicity doctrine reduces God to static ...

Difficulties of Simplicity - Scholars Crossing

existence; but on the doctrine of simplicity the essence that is God ... 27 See Pruss, “On Two Problems of Divine Simplicity,” 150-67; Brower; Michael Bergmann ...

On Two Problems of Divine Simplicity - WordPress.com

This is the 'multiple attributes' problem. The second problem comes from noting that the doctrine of divine simplicity entails that in some relevant sense God ...

Divine Simplicity | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

One of Plantinga's major criticisms is that simplicity is incompatible with God appearing to have multiple attributes. According to the doctrine, “[God] doesn't ...

Divine Simplicity, Contingent Truths, and Extrinsic Models of Divine ...

Pruss, “On Two Problems of Divine Simplicity,” Oxford Studies in. Philosophy of Religion 1 (2008), 157–166. For the latter, see Thomas V. Morris ...

Absolute Divine Simplicity (ADS) and the Trinity

You are correct. Absolute Divine Simplicity is incompatible with Christian dogma because it is a pagan doctrine imported from Plato and ...

The Devilish Complexities of Divine Simplicity - PhilArchive

Consider, for example, the throwaway remark made by Paul Fitzgerald (1985:262) in his discussion of the views of Eleanor Stump and Norman Kretzmann on issues ...

Divine Simplicity: Don't Think of God Without It - Reformed Forum

The doctrine of divine simplicity is a doctrine that some philosophers and theologians love to hate. The doctrine is accused of being ...

Problems with Divine Simplicity? Yes! - YouTube

Recently, Dr. Gavin Ortlund of @TruthUnites released a video entitled "Why Believe in Divine Simplicity?" where he offered three reasons in ...

Divine Simplicity and the Formal Distinction, Part 1 - The Smithy

How can we say that God both knows and wills without saying either that He is not absolutely simple or that for Him knowing and willing are the ...

The Ongoing Debate Over Divine Simplicity: A Response to the ...

Thus, if one denies divine simplicity, then one has implicitly denied the existence of God. In reply, I say that there are some slippery slope ...

Divine Simplicity and human free will - The Philosophy Forum

Here is the argument is a more organized form: Premise 1: Divine simplicity is true. Premise 2: If divine simplicity is true, then God's ...