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The Paradox of Omniscience (Sarvajñāna): From Divine Omniscience to the Mystical Self-Awareness in Indian Philosophy

Religions
While Western theology typically locates omniscience in a personal Creator-God, Indian philosophy presents a notable spectrum. This article traces the dialectical arc of omniscience (sarvajñāna) across major Indian philosophical traditions, arguing that ...
Youngsun Yang
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A Comparative Study of Mulla Sadra and Plantinga’s Views on the Issue of Evil [PDF]

Comparative Theology
In the tradition of Islamic philosophy, Mulla Sadra, one of the mystical philosophers, and in Western philosophical thought, Alvin Plantinga, a theistic philosopher, have both explored the issue of evil with distinct foundations and solutions.
Masoumeh Ameri, Farida Rezaei
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Omniscience and Semantic Information

Manuscrito
First, I consider a few motivations to idealize epistemic logics1 in such a degree that brings up the problem of logical omniscience [LOP]. I argue that the main motivation to hold omniscience is of a philosophical-scientific2 background (Stalnaker 1991),
Bernardo Alonso
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Mulla Sadra on the Problem of Evil [PDF]

حکمت صدرایی, 2015
In this article, Mulla Sadra’s account of the problem of evil is considered. He is one of the philosophers who attempt to provide logical solutions for the problems which stem from divine attributes (omniscience, omnipotence and goodness) by appeal to ...
معصومه عامری, زهره توازیانی   +1 more
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Knowability Relative to Information [PDF]

, 2018
We present a formal semantics for epistemic logic, capturing the notion of knowability relative to information (KRI). Like Dretske, we move from the platitude that what an agent can know depends on her (empirical) information.
Berto, Franz, Hawke, Peter
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The Politics of Passage: Studying Checkpoints and Claim Making in Conflict‐affected Settings

Development and Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Roadblocks, or checkpoints, are obligatory passage points that are erected by entities claiming authority over a given crossing. They are often the most common everyday interface between civilians and armed actors in conflict‐affected contexts, but are overlooked in studies on either trade or authority amidst conflict.
Peer Schouten, Vanessa van den Boogaard, Max Gallien, Shalaka Thakur, Florian Weigand   +4 more
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Logical Omnipotence and Two notions of Implicit Belief [PDF]

, 2019
The most widespread models of rational reasoners (the model based on modal epistemic logic and the model based on probability theory) exhibit the problem of logical omniscience.
Fraga Dantas, Danilo
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Unity or Distinction? Herman Bavinck’s Use of John Calvin and Later Reformed Orthodoxy in His Doctrine of the Two States

International Journal of Systematic Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the doctrine of Christ’s two states of humiliation and exaltation in Herman Bavinck’s and John Calvin’s thought, with the aim of illuminating Bavinck’s use of Calvin. The article begins by exploring Calvin’s use of the two states and argues that his treatment of Christ’s descent into hell is an important though ...
Sarah Killam Crosby
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Some Metaphysical Implications of Hegel’s Theodicy [PDF]

, 2012
This paper examines Hegel’s claim that philosophy “has no other object than God‘ as a claim about the essentiality of the idea of God to philosophy. On this idealist interpretation, even atheistic philosophies would presuppose rationally evaluable ideas ...
Redding, Paul
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Anselm's Temporal‐Ontological Proof

Noûs, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In his Reply to Gaunilo, Anselm presented two additional arguments for the existence of God beyond those that appear in the Proslogion. In “The Logical Structure of Anselm's Argument,” Robert M. Adams isolates each. One, he develops into a modal ontological argument along the lines of other 20th century ontological arguments (e.g., those of ...
Daniel Rubio
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