The Eternity Solution to the Problem of Human Freedom and Divine Foreknowledge

European Journal for Philosophy of Religion 2 (1):165 - 186 (2010)
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In this paper I defend the eternity solution to the problem of human freedom and divine foreknowledge. After motivating the problem, I sketch the basic contours of the eternity solution. I then consider several objections which contend that the eternity solution falsely implies that we have various powers (e.g., to change God’s beliefs, or to affect the past) which, according to the objector, we do not in fact have

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Michael W. Rota
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