Perils of the Open Road

Faith and Philosophy 30 (1):49-71 (2013)
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Abstract

Open theists deny that God knows future contingents. Most open theists justify this denial by adopting the position that there are no future contingent truths to be known. In this paper we examine some of the arguments put forward for this position in two recent articles in this journal, one by Dale Tuggy and one by Alan Rhoda, Gregory Boyd, and Thomas Belt. The arguments concern time, modality, and the semantics of ‘will’ statements. We explain why we find none of these arguments persuasive. This wide road leads only to destruction.

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William Lane Craig
Houston Baptist University
David P. Hunt
Whittier College

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Accidental necessity and logical determinism.Alfred J. Freddoso - 1983 - Journal of Philosophy 80 (5):257-278.
Three Roads to Open Theism.Dale Tuggy - 2007 - Faith and Philosophy 24 (1):28-51.

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