Faith and Philosophy 17 (1):3-25 (2000)
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Quentin Smith has argued that it is logically impossible for there to be a divine cause of the universe. His argument is based on a Humean analysis of causation (confined to event causation, specifically excluding any consideration of agency) and a principle drawn from that analysis that he takes to be a logical requirement for every possibly valid theory of causation. He also thinks that all divine volitions are efficacious of logical necessity. We argue that all of these claims are faulty, and that theists can resist Smith’s arguments without merely begging the question in favor of a divine cause
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| Keywords | Contemporary Philosophy Philosophy and Religion |
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| ISBN(s) | 0739-7046 |
| DOI | 10.5840/faithphil20001714 |
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