Divine Simplicity, God's Freedom, and the Supposed Problem of Modal Collapse release_ir4ajdpgqzdptffyjn42767axu

by Daniel Pedersen, Christopher Lilley

Published in Journal of Reformed Theology by Brill.

2022   Volume 16, Issue 1-2, p127-147

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<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> Proponents of the modal collapse argument claim that divine simplicity, traditionally conceived, contradicts other Christian commitments about divine freedom and grace by ultimately rendering all God's acts, including creation and redemption, absolutely necessary. If true, the argument goes, theologians must abandon either God's simplicity or God's freedom. The aim of this dilemma is to force the abandonment of simplicity. However, we argue that the modal collapse argument is insufficient to generate this dilemma apart from additional premises—and that these tacit premises are the true locus of dispute.
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