The incarnation and the knowability paradox

  • Jonathan Kvanvig

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Abstract

The best defense of the doctrine of the Incarnation implies that traditional Christianity has a special stake in the knowability paradox, a stake not shared by other theistic perspectives or by non-traditional accounts of the Incarnation. Perhaps, this stake is not even shared by antirealism, the view most obviously threatened by the paradox. I argue for these points, concluding that these results put traditional Christianity at a disadvantage compared to other viewpoints, and I close with some comments about the extent of the burden incurred.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)89-105
Number of pages17
JournalSynthese
Volume173
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 2010

Keywords

  • Anti-realism
  • Essential properties
  • Incarnation
  • Knowability
  • Omniscience
  • Traditional Christianity

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