A-Time Beats No Time. A Response to Brian Leftow

Authors

  • Anna Ijjas Harvard University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24204/ejpr.v5i1.248

Abstract

In this paper, I present a new argument against the compatibility of human free will and divine timelessness when conceiving of eternity in terms of an additional dimension as presented by brian leftow. The paper is organized as follows: After giving a brief sketch of leftow’s model, I argue that assuming libertarianism, free will presupposes presentism, since metaphysical indeterminism is only compatible with a presentist A-theory of physical time. Given this result, I make a case for the incompatibility of presentism and divine eternity modelled as a frame of reference, implying the incompatibility of the latter with human free will.

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Published

2013-03-21

How to Cite

Ijjas, Anna. 2013. “A-Time Beats No Time. A Response to Brian Leftow”. European Journal for Philosophy of Religion 5 (1):55-70. https://doi.org/10.24204/ejpr.v5i1.248.