RT Article
T1 Theistic modal realism and causal modal collapse
JF Religious studies
VO 57
IS 1
SP 120
OP 135
A1 Maia, Nuno ca. 20./21. Jh.
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/175222731X
AB Theistic modal realism argues for an extension of Lewis's modal realism capable of accommodating a theistic God. By affording elegant solutions to many atheistic challenges, the view is of great theoretical utility for the theist. However, it has been objected that within a Lewisian framework God cannot be causally efficacious on pain of collapsing intuitively distinct modal notions. In this article I explain why these worries are ill-founded and show how God's existence and causal power over the pluriverse can be consistently understood. If successful, the proposal offers a congenial theistic way to adopt modal realism and address the atheological problems.
DO 10.1017/S003441252000027X