An Argument that Divine Knowledge Must be Active
Among the basic assumptions of classical philosophical theology are God's aseity and impassibility. The former is God's attribute of being a se (literally, from Godself) in such a way that God is in no way derived from or dependent on anything else. The latter is God's attribute of being incapable of being acted upon (nothing can do anything to God). In humans, when we know something we believe it because its true, and in the typical case this 'because' is at least partly causal. (This raises notorious problems for, e.g., mathematical knowledge, but never mind that.) If, however, God is...
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Aristotle
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Contemporary Thinkers
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Divine Attributes
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Graham Oppy
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Historical Thinkers
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Lucretius
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Mental Representation
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Metaphysics
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Omniscience
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Philosophical Theology
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Philosophy
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Philosophy of Mind
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Ralph Cudworth
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Thomas Aquinas
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