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What God only knows: a reply to Rob Lovering

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 October 2013

MATTHEW FRISE
MATTHEW FRISE*
Affiliation:
Philosophy Department, University of Rochester, Box 270078, Rochester, NY 14627-0078, USA e-mail: mfrise@z.rochester.edu
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Abstract

Rob Lovering has recently argued that God is not omniscient on the grounds that (1) in order to be omniscient a subject must not only know all truths always but also know what it's like not to know a truth, and (2) God cannot fulfil both of these requirements. I show that Lovering's argument is unsuccessful since he inadequately supports (1) and (2), and since there are several serious doubts about (2). I also show that Lovering does not otherwise indicate that God is not maximally great.

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Religious Studies , Volume 50 , Issue 2 , June 2014 , pp. 245 - 254
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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