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Does God know what it's like not to know?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2012

ROB LOVERING
ROB LOVERING*
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Department of Political Science, Economics, and Philosophy College of Staten Island/CUNY2800 Victory Blvd., Room 2N-224 Staten Island, NY 10314, USA e-mail: robert.lovering@csi.cuny.edu
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Abstract

The topic of divine omniscience is well-trodden ground, with philosophers and theologians having asked virtually every question there is to ask about it. The questions regarding God's omniscience to be addressed here are as follows. First, is omniscience best understood as maximal propositional knowledge along with maximal experiential knowledge (both to be defined shortly)? I argue that it is. Second, is it possible for God to be essentially omniscient? I argue that it is not.

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Religious Studies , Volume 49 , Issue 1 , March 2013 , pp. 85 - 99
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012

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