What God only knows: a reply to Rob Lovering. Issue 2 (25th October 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: FRISE, MATTHEW
• Is Part Of: Religious studies. Volume 50:Issue 2(2014)
• Page Start: 245
• Page End: 254
• Publication Date: 2013-10-25
• Subjects: Religion -- Periodicals; Theology -- Periodicals; 200
• DOI: 10.1017/S0034412513000425
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0034-4125

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="normal"> <title>Abstract</title> <p>Rob Lovering has recently argued that God is not omniscient on the grounds that (1) in order to be omniscient a subject must not only know all truths always but also know what it's like not to know a truth, and (2) God cannot fulfil both of these requirements. I show that Lovering's argument is unsuccessful since he inadequately supports (1) and (2), and since there are several serious doubts about (2). I also show that Lovering does not otherwise indicate that God is not maximally great.</p> </abstract>