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Philosophical Arminianism: a breakthrough in the foreknowledge controversy?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2015

WILLIAM HASKER
WILLIAM HASKER*
Affiliation:
Huntington University, Huntington IN 46750, USA e-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

Jonathan Kvanvig has proposed a novel approach to the topics of divine foreknowledge and providence, a view he terms ‘Philosophical Arminianism’. This article expounds and assesses the view; it is maintained that there are at least two major difficulties that have yet to be addressed.

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Religious Studies , Volume 52 , Issue 3 , September 2016 , pp. 333 - 344
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2015 

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