Logic of belief: an Ockhamian point of view

Authors

  • Roberto Limonta
  • Riccardo Fedriga Università di Bologna

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4454/philinq.v4i2.156

Keywords:

Ockhamism, compatibilism, philosophy of religion, Plantinga, Hasker, free will and grounding

Abstract

The aim of the paper is to analyze, from an Ockhamian perspective, some relevant theories in the contemporary philosophy of religion. Alvin Plantinga’s Ockhamism is the crucial topic in this reading. We have noted some misunderstandings in the use of Ockhamian concepts and theories about topics such as theological fatalism and God’s foreknowledge. These problems show how Ockham’s point of view is, to this day, the best way to conceive of a compatibilist relation between the freedom of human will and the divine foreknowledge.

Author Biographies

Roberto Limonta

Dipartimento di filosofia e comunicazione, Università di Bologna

Cultore della materia

Riccardo Fedriga, Università di Bologna

Professore associato, Dipartimento di filosofia e comunicazione

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Published

2016-06-29

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 2 (2016)

Section

Essays

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