Freedom, Foreknowledge, and the Necessity of the Past (May 1984) Larry Hohm, B.A., Calvin College... more Freedom, Foreknowledge, and the Necessity of the Past (May 1984) Larry Hohm, B.A., Calvin College Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Directed by; Professor Fred Feldman There is an ancient puzzle about divine foreknowledge and human freedom. If God has already known that you will do a certain thing tomorrow, then it must already be a settled fact that God has known this. Since knowledge entails truth, it must also be a settled fact that you will do it. In that case, you really cannot avoid doing it. If so, then when you do it tomorrow, you won't do it
Freedom, Foreknowledge, and the Necessity of the Past (May 1984) Larry Hohm, B.A., Calvin College... more Freedom, Foreknowledge, and the Necessity of the Past (May 1984) Larry Hohm, B.A., Calvin College Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Directed by; Professor Fred Feldman There is an ancient puzzle about divine foreknowledge and human freedom. If God has already known that you will do a certain thing tomorrow, then it must already be a settled fact that God has known this. Since knowledge entails truth, it must also be a settled fact that you will do it. In that case, you really cannot avoid doing it. If so, then when you do it tomorrow, you won't do it
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