tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post795662646500031028..comments2024-03-28T19:56:42.305-05:00Comments on Alexander Pruss's Blog: Monotheism, value and unrestricted compositionalityAlexander R Prusshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05989277655934827117noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-80961622615511400342018-01-22T09:13:09.584-06:002018-01-22T09:13:09.584-06:00Bibliographic note: An argument along these lines ...Bibliographic note: An argument along these lines is coming out in APQ in a paper co-authored with Ross Inman.Alexander R Prusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05989277655934827117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-6668922016636127612012-09-10T22:52:04.471-05:002012-09-10T22:52:04.471-05:00But isn't it a part of theism that nothing is ...But isn't it a part of theism that nothing is like God in value?Alexander R Prusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05989277655934827117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-38787180184853710772012-09-10T16:17:18.121-05:002012-09-10T16:17:18.121-05:00I think, if I were inclined to defend UC, I would ...I think, if I were inclined to defend UC, I would deny 3. I would say that God has infinite value, and any mereological sum including God also had (the same) infinite value. Heath Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13535886546816778688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-41879046028048392672012-09-10T14:52:36.979-05:002012-09-10T14:52:36.979-05:00I don't think I make any claims about value *s...I don't think I make any claims about value *sums*. I only make something like the weak claim that adding something that has positive value does not decrease value.Alexander R Prusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05989277655934827117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-47775505993674107542012-09-10T14:13:25.447-05:002012-09-10T14:13:25.447-05:00Interesting argument. I wonder if Moore's Prin...Interesting argument. I wonder if Moore's Principle of Organic Unities (POU) would challenge 2. The principle states that "the value of ... a whole bears no regular proportion to the sum of the values of its parts." (PE 1:18-22). If POU is true, then we cannot infer value sums from mereological sums, which seems to be an assumption of 2.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com