Arguing from Molinism to Neo-Molinism

Philosophia Christi 17 (2):331-351 (2015)
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Abstract

In a pair of recent essays, William Lane Craig has argued that certain open theist understandings of the nature of the future are both semantically and modally confused. I argue that this is not the case and show that, if consistently observed, the customary semantics for counterfactuals Craig relies on not only undermine the validity of his complaint against the open theist, they actually support an argument for the openness position.

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Elijah Hess
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