God and Abstract Objects The Coherence of Theism: Aseity
This book is an exploration and defense of the coherence of classical theism’s doctrine of divine aseity in the face of the challenge posed by Platonism with respect to abstract objects. A synoptic work in analytic philosophy of religion, the book engages
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God and Abstract Objects The Coherence of Theism: Aseity
God and Abstract Objects
William Lane Craig
God and Abstract Objects The Coherence of Theism: Aseity
William Lane Craig Talbot School of Theology Biola University La Mirada, CA, USA Houston Baptist University Houston, TX, USA
ISBN 978-3-319-55383-2 ISBN 978-3-319-55384-9 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-55384-9 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017934646 © Springer International Publishing AG 2017 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Printed on acid-free paper This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
God sustains in being all intelligible things as well as all things of a material nature. . . . He comprehendeth in Himself all of the intelligible creation, that all things may remain in existence controlled by His encompassing power. . . . Does what has been said leave us any longer in ignorance of Him who is ‘God over all’? Gregory of Nyssa Against Eunomius II.11
For Robert Adams With gratitude for your work and example
Preface
This book is the third installment of a long-range research program on the coherence of theism, that is to say, a systematic philosophical analysis of the principal attributes of God according to classical theism. My first two volumes explored the divine attributes of omniscience and eternity, respectively. This third volume examines God’s attribute of aseity or self-existence. God is traditionally conceived to exist not merely necessarily but independently of anything else and to be the Creator of everything apart from Himself. The chief challenge to the doctrine of divine aseity issues from contemporary Platonism, which holds that there are objects, such as numbers and other mathematical objects, whic
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