Questions of Omnipotence including a possible reply to The Rock paradox vs. Gods Omnipotence with relation to Mavrodes and physics
Title: Questions of Omnipotence including a possible reply to The Rock paradox vs. Gods Omnipotence with relation to Mavrodes and physics
Category: /Social Sciences/Philosophy
Details: Words: 407 | Pages: 1 (approximately 235 words/page)
Questions of Omnipotence including a possible reply to The Rock paradox vs. Gods Omnipotence with relation to Mavrodes and physics
Category: /Social Sciences/Philosophy
Details: Words: 407 | Pages: 1 (approximately 235 words/page)
Questions Concerning Omnipotence
n Aquinas, Mavrodes, Frankfurt and Kenny
1. Define Omnipotence. Does it mean to be able to do anything at all or to simply be the 'most' powerful being.
2. Does Decartes response involving Gods free will to change the laws (that He created) at least in principle, successfully reply to all questions of Gods Omnipotence? For example, if He wished to create a square circle could he not suspend the laws of contradiction to …showed first 75 words of 407 total…
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7. ref. Quote p 418 What effect would substituting ' what I am thinking of' for 'A' have on Aquanis' contention that the predicate and subject of a term need only agree for it to be possible?
8. If God were capable of doing self contradictory things, would this not be repugnant to the notion of an absolute possible, which is subject to the Devine Omnipotence? Is Frankfurt's contention actually a logical denial of Omnipotence?
