Grim’s arguments against omniscience and indefinite extensibility

Patrick Grim has put forward a set theoretical argument purporting to prove that omniscience is an inconsistent concept and a model theoretical argument for the claim that we cannot even consistently define omniscience. The former relies on the fact that the class of all truths seems to be an incons...

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Main Author: Luna, Laureano (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Nature B. V 2012
In: International journal for philosophy of religion
Year: 2012, Volume: 72, Issue: 2, Pages: 89-101
Further subjects:B Universe of discourse
B Omniscience
B Platonism
B Cantor’s theorem
B Indefinite extensibility
B Truth
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