Metaphysics of God Flashcards
Definition of aseity?
Self existence, God is without cause and dependent on nothing
Definition of temporal
In time
Definition of atemporal
Outside of time
Definition of eternal
Lasting forever outside of time with no ending or beginning
Definition of everlasting
Lasting forever inside time
Definition of sempiternal
A being existing throughout time but without beginning and without end
Definition of timeless
Existing outside of time
Definition of transcendent
Existing outside of space
Definition of immutable
Existing without changing
Definition of simultaneous
Existing or occurring at the same time
Definition of ex nihilo
Created from nothing
Definition of deism
The belief that God exists but he does not intervene in the world
Definition of theism
The belief that God exists and does intervene in the world
Definition of compossible
Existing together without contradiction
Definition of in intellectu
In the mind
Definition of in re
In reality
Definition of necessary existence
This refers to something which cannot be thought not to exist and was not brought into being by anything else
Definition of contingent existence
This refers to something which depends on something else for it’s existence and can be considered not to exist.
What is Descartes definition of Omnipotence?
He argued that omnipotence means that God can do anything, including the logically impossible
What is Aquinas’s definition of Omnipotence?
He argued that omnipotence does not include the ability to do logically imposible tasks only logically possible tasks
What is ability knowledge?
The kind of knowledge involved in skills and abilities. It is the knowledge of how to do things e.g I know how to breathe, ride a bike
What is aquaintance knowledge?
This is best understood as knowledge about some part of reality, which I may or may not have experienced myself. A proposition is a declarative statement- something is declared about reality e.g all fish have scales. Because these statements are about reality, they can be true or false
What is propositional knowledge?
This is best understood as knowledge about some part of reality, which I may or may not have experienced myself. A proposition is a declarative statement- something is declared about reality e.g all fish have scales. Because these statements are about reality, they can be true or false
What is Kretzmann’s argument for the incoherence of Omniscience?
- God isn’t subject to change (He is immutable).
- God knows everything. (He is omniscient)
- A being that knows everything, also knows everything in time (ie in our changing world).
- A being that knows things in time is subject to change. (his knowledge will change)
- Therefore God is subject to change