Exploring Mormon Thought 014-The Attributes of God Ch 8 - Denying Entailment
Jul 3, 2017
Dive into a deep philosophical exploration of divine knowledge and human free will. The discussion highlights Molina's middle knowledge and its implications for libertarian freedom. Delve into power entailment principles and the critiques that challenge their validity. Unpack the tension between God's omniscience and individual agency, and examine how one can influence what God knows about past events. Engage with complex theories of time and their impact on authenticity in free will.
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Understanding Logical Entailment
- Entailment means a logical connection where one fact necessitates another, like being human entails being a mammal.
- God's foreknowledge logically entails we lack power to do otherwise, analogous to the rock preventing foot movement.
Molina's Causal Limitation Response
- Molina accepts the logical entailment but limits what's counted as relevant past facts to those causally involved in history.
- He argues God's knowledge isn't causally involved, so foreknowledge doesn't eliminate libertarian free will.
Molina's Response Is Inadequate
- Molina's response fails because logical entailment still shows we don't have power to do otherwise, regardless of causality.
- The argument for incompatibility of divine foreknowledge and libertarian free will remains logically valid.
