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religious doctrine attempting toreconcile theprovidence ofGod withhuman free will .
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Following a search engine hit on this site for "Molinism," I was reminded of this excellent post from last November at "Fides Quarens Intellectum", which has this criticism of the grounding objection:
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Following a search engine hit on this site for "Molinism," I was reminded of this excellent post from last November at "Fides Quarens Intellectum", which has this criticism of the grounding objection:
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Robert Adams (1991) argues that Molinism is committed to the position that the truth of a counterfactual of freedom is explanatorily prior to God's decision to create us.
Foreknowledge and Free Will Zagzebski, Linda 2008
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“On Hasker's Defense of Anti-Molinism,” Faith and Philosophy 15: 2 (April),
Foreknowledge and Free Will Zagzebski, Linda 2008
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Unlike the other compatibilist solutions we are considering, which aim only at showing that infallible foreknowledge and human freedom are compatible, Molinism provides an account of how God knows the contingent future, along with a strong doctrine of divine providence.
Foreknowledge and Free Will Zagzebski, Linda 2008
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The standard objection to Molinism the grounding objection: How does God know what a free creature would do under a given set of circumstances that would distinguish it from knowledge of what the free creature could do and from knowledge of what the free creature actually does?
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A direct reason for thinking Molinism true i.e., a reason that isn't based on seeing how useful it is if it is assumed to be true would have to answer the grounding objection.
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I'm putting together an information sheet on Molinism and middle knowledge, so I thought I'd post my notes on it, and get comments, if any are available.
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I'm putting together an information sheet on Molinism and middle knowledge, so I thought I'd post my notes on it, and get comments, if any are available.
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The standard objection to Molinism the grounding objection: How does God know what a free creature would do under a given set of circumstances that would distinguish it from knowledge of what the free creature could do and from knowledge of what the free creature actually does?
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