Thomas Aquinas’ Doctrine of Simplicity
The doctrine that God is absolutely simple derives from the metaphysical considerations that God is a being whose existence is self-explanatory, absolutely perfect, and pure actuality. Prior to...
View ArticleIf God is Necessary Should His Effect, the Universe, be Necessary as Well?
For if God’s causal activity is necessary, then God’s causing this universe is necessary, and hence this universe is a necessary being, which is absurd, besides being contrary to the assumptions of...
View ArticleCosmological Argument PowerPoint
I have an old PPT I’ve been using in my lectures on the cosmological arguments and I thought I’d share it here for others to use since I’ll be revamping them in the meantime. In this PPT document I...
View ArticleLeibniz’s Principles
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz had several principles of philosophy and theology. Some of which are widely used and recognized today and perhaps some are ignored. The first, and perhaps best known,...
View ArticleWord of the Week Wednesday: Monad
Word of the Week: Mondad Definition: The one and only substance, which composes existence More about the term: The big problem for Leibniz was, mathematically, if something takes up a finite amount of...
View ArticleThe History of the Multiverse and the Philosophy of Science
The Pre-Socratics were the first philosophers of science. They were known as the sophos (the wise ones). They were ecliplised by the British and German philosophers of science in the seventeenth...
View Article“God and the Multiverse” EPS 2012 Paper
David Beck and I recently presented a paper on God and the multiverse at the annual Evangelical Philosophical Society conference in Milwaukee, WI on November 14, 2012. In this paper we argue that if a...
View ArticleThe Doctrine of Variety and the Multiverse
Thomas Aquinas believed that there was an appropriated assimilation or likeness to God found in creatures and creation. Some likeness must be found between an effect and its cause. It is in the...
View ArticleThe Less-Than-Best Problem and Modal Realism
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz developed a similar idea to Thomas Aquinas’ doctrine of variety, which is known as the principle of plenitude. He argues that there must be diversity in that which...
View ArticleThe Doctrine of Variety and Many Worlds
Thomas Aquinas believed that there was an appropriated assimilation or likeness to God found in creatures and creation. Some likeness must be found between an effect and its cause. It is in the...
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