The Free Will Show

Episode 44: Molinism with William Lane Craig

Sep 19, 2022

42:04

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Introduction

3min

The Importance of Free Will in the Public Square

5min

The Differences Between Middle Knowledge and Natural Knowledge

3min

The Role of Middle Knowledge in Divine Providence

3min

Molinism and the Problem of Divine Foreknowledge and Human Freedom

4min

Monism's Response to the Threat From Divine Foreknowledge

5min

The Limits of God's Tweaking

2min

The Occamist Response to the Threat From Divine Foreknowledge

4min

The Problem With Backtracking Counterfactuals

2min

10.

The Grounding Objection to Molinism

5min

11.

The Grounding Objection and the Grounding Opposition

2min

12.

The Deflationary View of Truth

3min

13.

Trenton Merrick on the Dependency Response to the Problem of Freedom in Fordall

2min

In this episode, we talk with William Lane Craig about Molinism, a view about the compatibility of divine providence and human free will that is sometimes brought up in response to the challenge of divine foreknowledge.

Bill's website: https://www.reasonablefaith.org/

Bill's book, The Only Wise God: https://wipfandstock.com/9781579103163/the-only-wise-god/

Bill's book, Divine Foreknowledge and Human Freedom:
https://brill.com/view/title/2069?language=en

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