Philosophy for the People The Trinity and Divine Simplicity w/ Dr. James Dolezal
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Aug 14, 2022 
Dr. James Dolezal discusses divine simplicity and its compatibility with the Trinity, exploring the importance of divine simplicity for ultimate explanations and theism, defending constituent ontology, contemplating contingency and finitude, and delving into the challenge of understanding real distinctions within the Trinity without undermining its threeness or divine simplicity.
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Simplicity and Trinity as Separate Topics
- The doctrine of divine simplicity must be considered independently from the Trinity to address compatibility issues.
- Dr. James Dolezal highlights the need for a focused study on simplicity and Trinity as distinct theological topics.
Necessity of Divine Simplicity
- Ultimate intelligibility of reality demands a self-explanatory, utterly simple reality, which supports divine simplicity.
- Compositeness restricts intelligibility, making simplicity a necessity for full explanation of existence.
Simplicity Supports Theism
- Denying divine simplicity effectively undermines theism because it removes any adequate reason for the existence of the world.
- Divine simplicity supports the idea of a worship-worthy ultimate reason for all existence.