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Constituting the Trinity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2019

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WILLIAM HASKER*
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Department of Philosophy, Huntington University, 2753 W 450 S, Huntington, IN 46750, USA
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e-mail: whasker@huntington.edu
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Abstract

Recently several authors have developed accounts of the Trinity employing the metaphysical notion of constitution. I expound one such proposal and defend it against objections from Keith Yandell and Brian Leftow. In the process, I propose an improved definition of the constitution relation as applied to the Trinity. I then compare the resulting trinitarian metaphysics with Leftow's own view.

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Religious Studies , Volume 57 , Issue 3 , September 2021 , pp. 523 - 531
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