God and the Platonic Horde: A Defense of Limited Conceptualism
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2011
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Davis, Richard Brian, 1963-
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God (Christianity)
Conceptualism
Platonists
God--Proof
Propositions
Conceptualism
Platonists
God--Proof
Propositions
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Davis, Richard. “God and the Platonic Horde: A Defense of Limited Conceptualism.” Philosophia Christi 13, no. 2 (2011): 289-303.
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In this paper I shall argue two things. First, it is plausible to think that Conceptualism holds with respect to propositions;; in any event, it does a much better job than its closest competitors (Platonism and Nominalism) in accounting for the truth bearing nature of propositions. Secondly, it is wholly implausible (so I say) to take the added step and equate properties and relations with divine concepts. Here I offer additional reasons, beyond “divine bootstrapping,” for theists to resist this tempting reduction. Thus, a limited Conceptualism emerges as the most natural and defensible way for a theist to think about God’s relation to abstract objects.
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Evangelical Philosophical Society in cooperation with Biola University
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