Can God Create Abstract Objects? A Reply to Peter van Inwagen

The Platonic theist Peter van Inwagen argues that God cannot create abstract objects. Thus, the quantifier ‘everything’ in traditional statements of the doctrine of creation should be appropriately restricted to things that can enter into causal relations and abstract objects cannot: ‘God is the cre...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gould, Paul (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2014
In: Sophia
Year: 2014, Volume: 53, Issue: 1, Pages: 99-112
Further subjects:B Theism
B Creation
B Platonism
B Causation
B Necessity
B Abstract objects
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