Repairing the Contingency Argument against Divine Simplicity

Journal of Analytic Theology 9:126-136 (2021)
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Abstract

According to classical theism, God is simple. However, contemporary objections to divine simplicity abound. One of those objections has received a lot of attention recently: the contingency objection. The objection is taken to pose a threat to God's freedom. Tomaszewski argues that the argument that supports the contingency objection, however, is invalid. Herein, I supply two valid versions of the argument; thus, the classical theist is required to defuse the argument.

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Matthew James Collier
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