Simple is as simple does: Plantinga and Ghazālī on divine simplicity
This study considers the notion of divine simplicity, the idea that God is not a composite of more basic features, and the criticisms by al-Ghazālī (d. 1111) and Alvin Plantinga of that doctrine. What is shown is that most of the argumentation against divine simplicity frequently credited to Plantin...
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Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
2022
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Religious studies
Year: 2022, Volume: 58, Issue: S1, Pages: 97-109 |
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Ġazzālī, Abū-Ḥāmid Muḥammad Ibn-Muḥammad al- 1058-1111
/ Plantinga, Alvin 1932-
/ Simplicity of God
/ Ens necessarium
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RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism NBC Doctrine of God |
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Avicenna
B Divine Simplicity B Necessary Existent (wājib al-wujūd) B al-Ghazālī B Alvin Plantinga |
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