Conclusion
To sum up, we have argued that if deliberation is incompatible with (fore)knowing what one is going to do at the time of the deliberation, then God cannot deliberate. However, this thesis cannot be used to show either that God cannot act intentionally or that human persons cannot deliberate. Further, we have suggested that though omniscience is incompatible with deliberation, it is not incompatible with either some speculation or knowing something on the grounds of inference.Footnote 1
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Funding for writing this article was provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities through its institute on human action conducted by Robert Audi at the University of Nebraska.
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Reichenbach, B.R. Omniscience and deliberation. Int J Philos Relig 16, 225–236 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00162668
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