Does God Know that the Flower in My Hand Is Red? Avicenna and the Problem of God’s Perceptual Knowledge
(i) God is omniscient; therefore, He knows that ‘the flower in my hand is red.’ (ii) If God knows that ‘the flower in my hand is red,’ then He knows it perceptually (i.e., His knowledge is explained by the theory of perception). (iii) God does not know anything perceptually. It is clear that the set...
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| Language: | English |
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Springer Netherlands
[2020]
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Sophia
Year: 2020, Volume: 59, Issue: 4, Pages: 657-693 |
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Avicenna
B God’s contingency B God’s materiality B God’s perceptual knowledge B God’s affection B God’s knowledge of particulars |
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