All That Heaven Allows: Boethius on Divine Foreknowledge, Contingency, and Free Choice
In the last book of The Consolation of Philosophy, Boethius develops his solution to the problem of divine foreknowledge and free choice. Interpreters standardly hold that this problem and his solution to it presuppose causal indeterminism. In this paper, I argue that Boethius, following a Neoplaton...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Brill
2024
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Phronesis
Année: 2024, Volume: 69, Numéro: 2, Pages: 182-225 |
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Free Will
B Proclus B The Consolation of Philosophy B Boethius B Eternity B Foreknowledge |
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| Résumé: | In the last book of The Consolation of Philosophy, Boethius develops his solution to the problem of divine foreknowledge and free choice. Interpreters standardly hold that this problem and his solution to it presuppose causal indeterminism. In this paper, I argue that Boethius, following a Neoplatonist view found in Proclus, is a causal determinist and compatibilist and maintains that God’s providential knowledge ensures the occurrence of all the events he knows. This alternative interpretation offers a better fit with Boethius’s text and its historical antecedents and provides resources to address the main criticisms of his solution. |
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| ISSN: | 1568-5284 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Phronesis
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685284-bja10085 |