Non-Rigid Forms: Retractions and Revisions
In "Non-Rigid Forms" I characterized possibilities as indefinite forms, in contrast to the definite forms (eternal objects) of actualities. This did not do justice to the atemporality of eternal objects. Indefinite forms ought to be construed as dense clusters of eternal objects. By progre...
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Language: | English |
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University of Illinois Press
2008
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Process studies
Year: 2008, Volume: 37, Issue: 2, Pages: 68-73 |
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Summary: | In "Non-Rigid Forms" I characterized possibilities as indefinite forms, in contrast to the definite forms (eternal objects) of actualities. This did not do justice to the atemporality of eternal objects. Indefinite forms ought to be construed as dense clusters of eternal objects. By progressive definition God specifies relevant possibilities to the occasion, which determines one to become actual. |
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ISSN: | 2154-3682 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Process studies
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/44797217 |