Abstract
In his treatise on predestination, Ockham discusses the philosophical riddles caused by this Christian dogma as a specific case of the problem of logical determinism. Ockham does not succeed in solving this problem, which is due to his semantic notion of truth as well as to a missing differentiation between an ontological and logical interpretation of contingency. These points lead to a number of ambivalences in his argumentation, which suggest that Ockham has the conditions of a possible solution available but his ontological parsimony inhibits their coherent implementation.
Bidragets oversatte titel | Wilhelm von Ockham's Predestination Tract: From ontological Frugality towards logical Determinism |
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Originalsprog | Tysk |
Tidsskrift | Zeitschrift für Philosophische Forschung |
Vol/bind | 65 |
Nummer | 3 |
Sider (fra-til) | 346-366 |
Antal sider | 21 |
ISSN | 0044-3301 |
Status | Udgivet - 2011 |
Udgivet eksternt | Ja |