Magical Thinking

Faith and Philosophy 37 (2):181-201 (2020)
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According to theists, God is an immaterial thinking being. The main question of this article is whether theism supports the view that we are immaterial thinking beings too. I shall argue in the negative. Along the way, I will also explore some implications in the philosophy of mind following from the observation that, on theism, God’s mentality is in a certain respect magical.

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10.37977/faithphil.2020.37.2.3

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