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Chapter 2 - Am I Here by Accident?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 September 2022

By
T. J. Mawson
Edited by
Peter Furlong  and
Leigh Vicens
Peter Furlong
Affiliation:
Valencia College, Florida
Leigh Vicens
Affiliation:
Augustana University
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Summary

In this chapter, I explore how an indeterminist/libertarian model and a determinist/compatibilist model fare with regards to understanding divine providence, with particular emphasis on the issue of the extent to which it is variously open on these views to hold that humanity (and each of us as individuals) is intended. Is it possible for someone who holds a view of divine providence that is “looser” than the meticulous view that comes when one sees the world through theological-deterministic lenses to see humanity in general and each of us as individuals as other than unintended? To what extent are we here “by accident”?

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divine providencemeticulous providencetheological determinismindeterminismdivine intentionlibertarianismcompatibilism
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Theological Determinism
New Perspectives
 , pp. 30 - 46
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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