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God Over All: Divine Aseity and the Challenge of Platonism is a defense of God's aseity and unique status as the Creator of all things apart from Himself in the face of the challenge posed by mathematical Platonism. After providing the biblical, theological, and philosophical basis for the traditional doctrine of divine aseity, William Lane Craig explains the challenge presented to that doctrine by the Indispensability Argument for Platonism, which postulates the existence of uncreated abstract objects. Craig provides detailed examination of a wide range of responses to that argument, both realist and anti-realist, with a view toward assessing the most promising options for the theist. A synoptic work in analytic philosophy of religion, this groundbreaking volume engages discussions in philosophy of mathematics, philosophy of language, metaphysics, and metaontology.
This volume investigates whether the traditional doctrine of divine aseity—the belief that God is the sole uncreated reality—can be reconciled with the existence of abstract objects as proposed by mathematical Platonism. William Lane Craig, a prominent philosopher of religion, utilizes a rigorous analytic framework to evaluate the Indispensability Argument. He synthesizes biblical, theological, and metaphysical data to determine if theism can withstand the ontological claims of mathematical realism.
What You Will Find
Scope Limits
Scholars and students of analytic philosophy of religion frequently cite this work as a primary resource for understanding the intersection of theology and the philosophy of mathematics. Readers often note the high level of technical density in the prose, which requires a foundational understanding of contemporary metaphysical discourse.
Page Count:
272
Publication Date:
2016-01-01
Publisher:
OUP Oxford
ISBN-10:
0191090557
ISBN-13:
9780191090554
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