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ACTING AND THE OPEN FUTURE: A BRIEF REJOINDER TO DAVID HUNT

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 1997

TOMIS KAPITAN
TOMIS KAPITAN
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, Illinois 60115-2854
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Abstract

I have argued that since (i) intentional agency requires intention-acquisition, (ii) intention-acquisition implies a sense of an open future, and (iii) a sense of an open future is incompatible with complete foreknowledge, then (iv) no agent can be omniscient. Alternatively, an omniscient being is omni-impotent. David Hunt continues to oppose this reasoning, most recently, in Religious Studies 32 (March 1996). It is increasingly clear that the debate turns on larger issues concerning necessity and knowledge, but let me here offer a few comments in defence of my position.

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Research Article
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Religious Studies , Volume 33 , Issue 3 , September 1997 , pp. 287 - 292
Copyright
1997 Cambridge University Press

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