Free Will and the Future

Open Theism and the Nature of the Future

January 18, 2008

Category: Essays
Tags: Essay, Open Theism
Topics: Defending the Open View, Free Will and the Future

In this philosophical essay Alan Rhoda, Tom Belt and I argue that the future cannot be exhaustively described in terms of what will and will not happen, but must also be described in terms of…

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Why do you claim that everybody, whether they know it or not, believes that the future is partly open?

January 15, 2008

Category: Q&A
Tags: Open Theism, Q&A
Topics: Free Will and the Future

Whatever a person may theoretically believe, they act like the future is partly open. For, as a matter of fact, there’s no other way to act. Think about it. Every time we deliberate between options…

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Is Free Will compatible with Predestination?

December 23, 2007

Category: Q&A
Tags: Free Will, Predestination, Q&A
Topics: Free Will and the Future, Providence, Predestination and Free Will

Question: Isn’t “freedom” simply our ability to do what we want? And if this is so there seems to be no incompatibility between saying that a person is “free” on the one hand, but predestined…

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How can we determine what is and is not “open” about the future?

December 23, 2007

Category: Q&A
Tags: Open Theism, Q&A
Topics: Free Will and the Future

Question: You believe that the future is partly open. You’re writing has pretty much convinced me this is true, but I’ve still got some serious questions about it. For example, how does anyone determine what…

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Free Will and the Future

Open Theism and the Nature of the Future

Why do you claim that everybody, whether they know it or not, believes that the future is partly open?

Is Free Will compatible with Predestination?

How can we determine what is and is not “open” about the future?

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