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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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A New Hilbert's Hotel Argument Against Past‐Eternalism
Analytic Philosophy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper offers a new formulation of the “Hilbert's Hotel Argument” (HHA) which is superior to existing formulations because it (1) demonstrates that HH is logically impossible in the concrete world, (2) takes into account the need to consider the assumptions of HHA, and (3) offers a reply to an important objection concerning the validity of
Andrew Ter Ern Loke, Eli Haitov
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Room for Improvement: Why Finitist Arguments Do Not Check Out
Analytic Philosophy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We examine several new and underexplored arguments for the finitude of the past and the impossibility of Hilbert's Hotel. The first argument concludes that Hilbert's Hotel is impossible due to an alleged contradiction arising from the causal powers of infinitely many guests.
Joseph C. Schmid, Troy Dana
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Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Volume 49, Issue 1, Page 21-36, March 2026.Abstract Scholars have tended to interpret Thomas Nettleton's bestselling Virtue and Happiness (1729) as an Epicurean work. In contrast, I argue that this book was constructed partly from extensive paraphrases of the writings of Locke, Shaftesbury, and Hutcheson.
Jacob Donald Chatterjee
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Journal of Genetic Counseling, Volume 35, Issue 1, February 2026.Abstract Logotherapy is a psychological approach originated by Viktor Frankl, shaped by the thesis that meaning can be discovered even in the most tragic of human circumstances, and through a human's will‐to‐meaning, that individuals have both freedom and responsibility to discover meanings in the moment and ultimate meanings from their unique ...
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HOW DOES MENTAL TIME TRAVEL IN THE EUCHARIST AID PSYCHOSPIRITUAL GROWTH?
The Heythrop Journal, Volume 67, Issue 1, Page 17-32, January 2026.Abstract This paper innovatively connects the Eucharist, which is usually considered to be in the domain of theology, with the concept of personality‐growth—the idea that a person’s personality can get better—which is usually considered to be in the domain of experimental psychology.
Buki Fatona
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Love at Arms’ Length: Reconciliationism and its Tentative Future
The Heythrop Journal, Volume 67, Issue 1, Page 65-79, January 2026.Abstract In a string of articles, over the years, Shawn Bawulski has propagated a palatable via media between full‐fledged apokatastasis and a traditionalist doctrine of hell. Though not original to Bawulski, reconciliationism, in the eyes of many, offers a more faithful and effective synthesis of varied Christian eschatological commitments.
Andrew Hronich
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Good Public Theology is Twilight Theology. A Constructive Deconstruction of Public Theology
International Journal of Systematic Theology, Volume 28, Issue 1, Page 56-74, January 2026.Abstract The article outlines the basic features of a good public theology that is inspired by Paul’s description of the situation of the church and Christians: ‘The night has passed, the day is not far distant’ (Rom 13:12). In his analysis of the present, the author identifies eight specific challenges of contemporary culture – challenges that have so
Günter Thomas
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Kocatepe İslami İlimler DergisiThe problem of evil remains one of the most powerful philosophical objections to the existence of God, particularly concerning divine omnipotence, omniscience, and goodness.
Hande Nur Bozbuğa
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Badiou and the Reconstruction of the Concept of God
Modern Theology, Volume 42, Issue 1, Page 187-209, January 2026.Abstract In this article I first summarize Badiou’s and Žižek’s critique of the concept of God, which I and other interpreters conceive as a radicalization of the theology of the death of God. I then pose the question of how to formulate a positive conception of God after the death of God that would overcome the limits of negative or apophatic theology.
Michael Hauser
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