tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post8586278527921331709..comments2024-03-27T20:37:09.185-05:00Comments on Alexander Pruss's Blog: Guises and omniscienceAlexander R Prusshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05989277655934827117noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-12688087712760638292013-07-16T18:53:52.024-05:002013-07-16T18:53:52.024-05:00"London is beautiful". That has not bee..."London is beautiful". That has not been my experience of London. Crowded with wall to wall traffic. As bad as New York City. I found the air in the Underground a bit heavy to breath.<br /><br />"Alex is now typing" (say, I've forgotten my name). - You're too young to be having those problems.Dagmara Lizlovshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14744785407281199347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-46053977892183191622013-07-02T22:23:35.487-05:002013-07-02T22:23:35.487-05:00Omniscience is defined, to begin with, the so know...Omniscience is defined, to begin with, the so knowing of all basic, or irreducible (non-contingent), truths as to be equivalent to those truths. The key here is that omniscience is not 'knowledge writ generic' but 'knowledge writ Ground of all other being'. This constitutes the singular epistemologically most privileged position.<br /><br />Beyond this, omniscience also includes *effectively* sufficient knowledge of all basic contingent truths, in which 'effective' is here defined as sufficiently serving some end. This is the other side of the coin of having created something.<br /><br />Beyond these two sides of the coin may be thought the 'physics of the toss' (note that the second side, above, implies effective omniscience regarding this tossing).<br /><br />Daniel-OmniLinguahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09384266627641830095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-89837102443161728792013-07-02T17:50:31.433-05:002013-07-02T17:50:31.433-05:00Perhaps relativity and the frame of reference of &...Perhaps relativity and the frame of reference of "I" applies here. "I" may believe that I am traveling at a certain velocity, and another person may correctly believe that I have a different velocity, from their point of view.<br /><br />The super-guise would be knowing their different frames of reference without being bound to any one frame.<br /><br />God may know all of these guises, yet he does not need to believe that he has all these different velocities, himself, does he?<br /><br />Then, knowing "I" am typing is one of many frames of reference that God knows but is not restricted by.<br />Williamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12533263841520213358noreply@blogger.com