Simple is as simple does: Plantinga and Ghazālī on divine simplicity
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Abstract This study considers the notion of divine simplicity, idea that God is not a composite more basic features, and criticisms by al-Ghazālī (d. 1111) Alvin Plantinga doctrine. What shown most argumentation against simplicity frequently credited to had been nearly perfectly anticipated al-Ghazālī. Moreover, in responding stronger form which Avicenna 1037) presented, than Thomistic version attacks, Ghazālī develops ‘new’ arguments moves are still valuable informative discussion today.
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عنوان ژورنال: Religious Studies
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['1469-901X', '0034-4125']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0034412522000130