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.
| Translated title of the contribution | Wilhelm von Ockham's Predestination Tract: From ontological Frugality towards logical Determinism |
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| Original language | German |
| Journal | Zeitschrift für Philosophische Forschung |
| Volume | 65 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages (from-to) | 346-366 |
| Number of pages | 21 |
| ISSN | 0044-3301 |
| Publication status | Published - 2011 |
| Externally published | Yes |