O Precreation, where Art thou?
The thought that even though God has created, He actually existed alone without creation, what I'll call 'Precreation', seems to be a key premise in some contemporary arguments against divine atemporalism. The question this paper addresses is whether we have any strong reasons for affirming Precreat...
| Publicado en: | International Journal for Philosophy of Religion Vol. 98; no. 1/2; pp. 145 - 172 |
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