A Theory of Creation Ex Deo

The idea that God creates out of Himself seems quite attractive. Many find great appeal in holding that a temporally finite universe must have a cause (say, God), but I think there’s also great appeal in holding that there’s pre-existent stuff out of which that universe is created—and what could tha...

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Главный автор: Longenecker, Michael Tze-Sung (Автор)
Формат: Электронный ресурс Статья
Язык:Английский
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Опубликовано: Springer Netherlands 2022
В: Sophia
Год: 2022, Том: 61, Выпуск: 2, Страницы: 267-282
Другие ключевые слова:B Kalam Cosmological Argument
B Creation ex deo
B creation ex nihilo
B mental imagery
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Итог:The idea that God creates out of Himself seems quite attractive. Many find great appeal in holding that a temporally finite universe must have a cause (say, God), but I think there’s also great appeal in holding that there’s pre-existent stuff out of which that universe is created—and what could that stuff be but part of God? Though attractive, the idea of creation ex deo hasn’t been taken seriously by theistic philosophers. Perhaps this is because it seems too vague—‘could anything enlightening be said about what those parts are?’—or objectionable—‘wouldn’t creating out of those parts lessen or destroy God?’ Drawing from Stephen Kosslyn and Michael Tye’s work on the ontology of mental images, I respond to the above questions by developing a theory on which God creates the universe out of His mental imagery.
ISSN:1873-930X
Второстепенные работы:Enthalten in: Sophia
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s11841-020-00801-9