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To Carol June, whose commitment, support and comfort makes possible that which was not ## Contents Omniscience and Immutability 156 Timelessness, Immutability and Omnipresence 159 Timeless Knowledge and Timeless Action 162 Conclusion 164 vii Vlll 6 Conclusion Notes and References ## Index Contents the issue concerning what it is that is known. Once we understand knowledge properly, we can turn to God's knowledge. First, I shall discuss the objection to the doctrine of omniscience that arises from God's foreknowledge. I shall defend in Chapter I that the future can be known, and that any omniscient being must know the future. Thus, I must face the long-standing objection that if God knows what creatures will do, they cannot be free; and if creatures are free, then God cannot know what they will do. Chapter 3 will be a discussion of these issues. Even granting that we can extricate ourselves from the logical incompatibility between foreknowledge and freedom, there still remains the question concerning how God does in fact know the future, in particular the future actions of free individuals. For, even if we can show that knowing the future does not imply that no human is free, that p

Who reads The possibility of an all-knowing God?

Author

Jonathan L. Kvanvig (auth.)

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan

Published

1986

Language

EN

ISBN

9780312631956

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Philosophy, Science, Religion