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An episodic account of divine personhood

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 January 2020

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JUSTIN MOONEY*
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Department of Philosophy, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA01003, USA
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Abstract

I present Ned Markosian's episodic account of identity under a sortal, and then use it to sketch a new model of the Trinity. I show that the model can be used to solve at least three important Trinitarian puzzles: the traditional ‘logical problem of the Trinity’, a less-discussed problem that has been dubbed the ‘problem of triunity’, and a problem about the divine processions that has been enjoying increased attention in the recent literature.

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Religious Studies , Volume 57 , Issue 4 , December 2021 , pp. 654 - 668
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