Determinism is the thesis that is true at every moment that the way things then are determines a unique future, that only one of the alternative futures that may exist relative to a given moment is a physically possible continuation… — Peter van Inwagen Copy Share
I don’t know about ‘common sense opinion’ by the way. It seems to me that the office of common sense is to keep us… — Peter van Inwagen Copy Share Image
Determinism is the thesis that is true at every moment that the way things then are determines a unique future, that only one of the alternative futures that may exist relative to a given moment is a physically possible continuation of the state of things at the moment. Or, if you like, we may say that determinism is the thesis… — Peter van Inwagen Copy Share
It used to be widely held that evil was incompatible with the existence of God: that no possible world contained both God and evil.… — Peter van Inwagen Copy Share Image
You certainly wouldn’t want to invest much time in an argument with someone who would believe it in the first place. — Peter van Inwagen Copy Share Image
It looks to me as if Darwinians are like someone who, having observed that tugboats sometimes maneuver ocean liners in tight places by directing… — Peter van Inwagen Copy Share Image
