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If Molinism is true, what can you do?

authored by: Andrew Law
Abstract: Suppose Molinism is true and God placed Adam in the garden because God knew Adam would freely eat of the fruit. Suppose further that, had it not been true that Adam would freely eat of the fruit, were he placed in the garden, God would have placed someone else there instead. When Adam freely eats of the fruit, is he free to do otherwise? This paper argues that there is a strong case for both a positive and a negative answer.
Organisation(s): Institute of Philosophy
Type: Article
Journal: International Journal for Philosophy of Religion
Volume: 95
Pages: 307-322
No. of pages: 16
ISSN: 0020-7047
Publication date: 06.2024
Publication status: Published
Peer reviewed: Yes
ASJC Scopus subject areas: Philosophy
Electronic version(s): https://doi.org/10.1007/s11153-023-09901-1 (Access: Open)

BibTeX

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title = "If Molinism is true, what can you do?",
abstract = "Suppose Molinism is true and God placed Adam in the garden because God knew Adam would freely eat of the fruit. Suppose further that, had it not been true that Adam would freely eat of the fruit, were he placed in the garden, God would have placed someone else there instead. When Adam freely eats of the fruit, is he free to do otherwise? This paper argues that there is a strong case for both a positive and a negative answer.",
keywords = "Counterfactual power, Freedom, Middle knowledge theory, Molinism, Self-defeating actions",
author = "Andrew Law",
note = "Funding Open Access funding enabled and organized by Projekt DEAL. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} The Author(s) 2023.",
year = "2024",
month = jun,
doi = "10.1007/s11153-023-09901-1",
language = "English",
volume = "95",
pages = "307--322",
journal = "International Journal for Philosophy of Religion",
issn = "0020-7047",
publisher = "Springer Netherlands",
number = "3",
}

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