Category: Mysterianism
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MACRUES, Semantic Defeaters, and Epistemic Defeaters (Peter Lupu)
(A guest post by Peter Lupu. Editing and commentary by BV.) As Bill notes, we are attempting to secure and study a copy of James Anderson’s book, Paradox in Christian Theology. (Publication details here, including links to reviews.) Meanwhile, I will propose here some tentative observations that Anderson’s book may or may not have addressed.…
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Professor Anderson and the Hyper-Inscrutability of the Trinitarian Doctrine (Peter Lupu)
(This gem is pulled up from the vasty deeps of the ComBox to where it may shine in a more fitting setting. Minor editing, bolding, and comments in blue by BV.) 1). Let us say that a *real* contradiction is a sentence which comes out false according to every possible model (M): i.e., M =…
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Materialist Mysterianism
I wonder whether mysterianism in defense of such theological doctrines as the Trinity does not in the end backfire by making possible the philosophical justification of philosophical theses incompatible with it. To ease our way into this line of inquiry, let us consider materialist mysterianism. 1. If mysterianism is an acceptable approach in theology, why can't…