God, faith and reason in the Philosophy of Nicholas Wolterstorff

Inquiring About a Simple God explores the philosophical position of Nicholas Wolterstorff on the divine simplicity doctrine. A central tenet in Western theism, this doctrine faces serious objections owing to its alleged intrinsic and systematic incoherence. Appealing to the constituent-relational on...

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Autor: Alivio-Bantiles, R. (Russell)|||/items/0bbdd31c-6b22-4b5d-8212-7d1f340c01e0
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Navarra
Repositorio:Dadun. Depósito Académico Digital de la Universidad de Navarra
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:dadun.unav.edu:10171/29326
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10171/29326
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Divine simplicity
Relational ontology
Constituent ontology
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Sumario:Inquiring About a Simple God explores the philosophical position of Nicholas Wolterstorff on the divine simplicity doctrine. A central tenet in Western theism, this doctrine faces serious objections owing to its alleged intrinsic and systematic incoherence. Appealing to the constituent-relational ontology distinction, Wolterstorff explains the contemporary bafflement over the doctrine. In this paper, I shall argue that, on relational ontology, reason is being restricted in its natural capacity to know the objective truth of reality. For this reason, the rejection on divine simplicity as incoherent from the perspective of relational ontology is quite premature and unwarranted.