LEADER 03293nam 2200673 a 450 001 9910459419203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-87436-5 010 $a9786612874369 010 $a1-4411-3875-7 035 $a(CKB)2670000000055280 035 $a(EBL)601928 035 $a(OCoLC)680036270 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000424554 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11287866 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000424554 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10475139 035 $a(PQKB)10755326 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001147782 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12531934 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001147782 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11141433 035 $a(PQKB)11385065 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC601928 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL601928 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10427175 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL287436 035 $a(OCoLC)893335227 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000055280 100 $a20090108d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aOntology and providence in creation$b[electronic resource] $etaking ex nihilo seriously /$fMark Ian Thomas Robson 210 $aLondon $cContinuum$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (236 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4411-8323-X 311 $a1-84706-215-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; Preface; Introduction; Part I: The Ontology Of Creatio Ex Nihilo; CHAPTER 1: LEIBNIZ'S ONTOLOGY OF THE POSSIBLE; CHAPTER 2: THE ONTOLOGY OF MODERN MODAL THEORIES; CHAPTER 3: AN ALTERNATIVE ACCOUNT CONCERNING POSSIBILIA; CHAPTER 4: VAGUENESS AND INDETERMINATENESS; CHAPTER 5: KNOWLEDGE, POSSIBILITY AND OCKHAM; CHAPTER 6: DIVINE CAPACITIES; Part II: Providential Aspects of Creatio Ex Nihilo; CHAPTER 7: THEORIES OF PROVIDENCE; CHAPTER 8: PROVIDENCE AND INDETERMINATENESS; CHAPTER 9: GOD AND CHANCE; Part III: Creativity and Creatio Ex Nihilo; CHAPTER 10: THE NOTION OF CREATIVITY 327 $aCHAPTER 11: EXTERNALISM AND THE CREATION OF MEANINGConclusion; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z 330 $aOntology and Providence in Creation critically examines a particular Leibnizean inspired understanding of God's creation of the world and proposes that a different understanding should be adopted. The Leibnizean argument proposes that God's understanding encompassed a host of possible worlds, only one of which he actualized. This proposition is the current orthodoxy when philosopher and theologians talk about the philosophical understanding of creation. Mark Robson argues that this commits the Leibnizean to the notion that possibility is determinate. He proposes that this understanding of crea 606 $aCreation 606 $aCreation$xHistory of doctrines 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aCreation. 615 0$aCreation$xHistory of doctrines. 676 $a231.765 700 $aRobson$b Mark Ian Thomas$0956806 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910459419203321 996 $aOntology and providence in creation$92167057 997 $aUNINA