Divine Causation

Topoi 36 (4):641-650 (2017)
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This paper compares the doxastic credentials of the claim that nothing comes from nothing with the doxastic credentials of the claim that there is no causing without changing. I argue that comparison of these two claims supports my contention that considerations about causation do nothing to make theism more attractive than naturalism.

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10.1007/s11245-016-9393-0

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Saving God: Religion After Idolatry.Mark Johnston - 2009 - Princeton University Press.
Theism and Ultimate Explanation.Timothy O’Connor - 2010 - Philosophia Christi 12 (2):265-272.

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