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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...

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If 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...

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Cosmological 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...

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Leibniz’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,...

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Word 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...

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The 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...

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“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...

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The 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...

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The 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...

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The 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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