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      Divine Intervention
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      Metaphysical and Epistemological Puzzles

      Divine Intervention

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      Divine Intervention book

      Metaphysical and Epistemological Puzzles
      ByEvan Fales
      Edition 1st Edition
      First Published 2010
      eBook Published 27 January 2010
      Pub. Location New York
      Imprint Routledge
      DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203856383
      Pages 204
      eBook ISBN 9780203856383
      Subjects Humanities
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      Fales, E. (2010). Divine Intervention: Metaphysical and Epistemological Puzzles (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203856383

      ABSTRACT

      The central theme of this book is that it's not enough to invoke omnipotence and omniscience as answers to the questions of God’s ability to create and causally affect the world (i.e., perform miracles) and human beings (i.e., to cause mystical experiences) and, conversely, God’s ability to perceive, or otherwise know about the world. Rather, it is incumbent upon theists to explain just how a personal, immaterial being such as God could cause mundane events, could institute (and sometimes circumvent) laws of nature, could be causally affected by the world (as in perception), and the like. That requires examining current thinking (which is diverse) about the very nature of causation, laws of nature, and agency, all of which Fales endeavors to do in this study.

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      chapter 1|7 pages

      Introduction

      chapter 2|14 pages

      How Does God Do Things?

      chapter 3|18 pages

      Divine Governance and the Laws of Nature

      chapter 4|17 pages

      Trouble With Time

      chapter 5|13 pages

      Eternal God as Author of Nature

      chapter 6|19 pages

      What Can God Know?

      chapter 7|17 pages

      Healed Hearts, Inspired Minds

      chapter 8|24 pages

      Mystical Revelations

      chapter 9|23 pages

      Is Science a Mystic’s Friend?

      chapter 10|6 pages

      Conclusions

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