tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post1554197686206200517..comments2024-03-28T13:23:50.623-05:00Comments on Alexander Pruss's Blog: Grounding of universals and partial groundingAlexander R Prusshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05989277655934827117noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-57349928776697518892019-02-27T00:10:47.395-06:002019-02-27T00:10:47.395-06:00Alex
That's probably because God did not crea...Alex<br /><br />That's probably because God did not create you.Walter Van den Ackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16101735542155226072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-456848755243917102019-02-26T08:29:25.575-06:002019-02-26T08:29:25.575-06:00Walter:
I seem to be contingent.Walter:<br /><br />I seem to be contingent.Alexander R Prusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05989277655934827117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-59177202919593079182019-02-26T08:29:06.503-06:002019-02-26T08:29:06.503-06:00Justin:
One could, but I take that principle to b...Justin:<br /><br />One could, but I take that principle to be an analytic consequence of the notion of full grounding. The full grounds are all one needs for what is being grounded. Alexander R Prusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05989277655934827117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-88217335933559143902019-02-25T18:16:19.554-06:002019-02-25T18:16:19.554-06:00Another route would be to deny the entailment prin...Another route would be to deny the entailment principle, according to which the grounds entail the grounded. That would allow us to maintain both partial grounding of universals in their instances, as well as that partial groundings are parts of full grounds. [a is sapient] and [b is sapient] fully ground [everything is sapient], even though in the world where [c is not sapient], they don't. The entailment principle has been questioned on independent grounds, so maybe that's the way to go...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00344737422420218449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-55387810406164216492019-02-25T11:46:03.972-06:002019-02-25T11:46:03.972-06:00Alex
How do you know that God didn't have to ...Alex<br /><br />How do you know that God didn't have to create you? Walter Van den Ackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16101735542155226072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-40954538733610635032019-02-25T11:14:21.603-06:002019-02-25T11:14:21.603-06:00Rob:
On reflection I don't know that the fact...Rob:<br /><br />On reflection I don't know that the fact that God knows everything is identical to God's omniscience. The fact that God knows everything is GROUNDED in God's omniscience. But that's compatible with it having other grounds, and maybe even partial grounds, as well (such as God's knowing that there are horses).<br /><br />Strictly speaking, I think divine omniscience goes beyond God's knowing all truths. It includes, for instance, God's understanding everything, and I don't know that understanding supervenes on knowing all true propositions. Alexander R Prusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05989277655934827117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-28723198712466530632019-02-25T10:44:54.673-06:002019-02-25T10:44:54.673-06:00Walter:
Because God didn't have to create me....Walter:<br /><br />Because God didn't have to create me.<br /><br />Rob:<br /><br />Nice!Alexander R Prusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05989277655934827117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-76996099829686441002019-02-23T17:09:42.954-06:002019-02-23T17:09:42.954-06:00Here is a reason to reject universal-particular gr...Here is a reason to reject universal-particular grounding: that God knows everything is not even partially grounded in the fact that God knows p, for each p. Consider, in particular, a contingently true p. God's omniscience is, given simplicity, identical to God's nature, and God's nature can't be partially grounded in a particular fact.<br />Rob Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00953776732242657121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-11946833437959674222019-02-23T03:37:14.897-06:002019-02-23T03:37:14.897-06:00Alex
Why doesn't God existence entail that Go...Alex<br /><br />Why doesn't God existence entail that God created you?Walter Van den Ackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16101735542155226072noreply@blogger.com