TY - JOUR

T1 - If Molinism is true, what can you do?

AU - Law, Andrew

N1 - Funding Open Access funding enabled and organized by Projekt DEAL. Publisher Copyright: © The Author(s) 2023.

PY - 2024/6

Y1 - 2024/6

N2 - Suppose Molinism is true and God placed Adam in the garden because God knew Adam would freely eat of the fruit. Suppose further that, had it not been true that Adam would freely eat of the fruit, were he placed in the garden, God would have placed someone else there instead. When Adam freely eats of the fruit, is he free to do otherwise? This paper argues that there is a strong case for both a positive and a negative answer.

AB - Suppose Molinism is true and God placed Adam in the garden because God knew Adam would freely eat of the fruit. Suppose further that, had it not been true that Adam would freely eat of the fruit, were he placed in the garden, God would have placed someone else there instead. When Adam freely eats of the fruit, is he free to do otherwise? This paper argues that there is a strong case for both a positive and a negative answer.

KW - Counterfactual power

KW - Freedom

KW - Middle knowledge theory

KW - Molinism

KW - Self-defeating actions

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85180211012&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1007/s11153-023-09901-1

DO - 10.1007/s11153-023-09901-1

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:85180211012

VL - 95

SP - 307

EP - 322

JO - International Journal for Philosophy of Religion

JF - International Journal for Philosophy of Religion

SN - 0020-7047

IS - 3

ER -