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God's point of view: A reply to Mander
Author(s) -
Nagasawa Yujin
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
the heythrop journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.127
H-Index - 10
eISSN - 1468-2265
pISSN - 0018-1196
DOI - 10.1111/1468-2265.t01-1-00214
Subject(s) - argument (complex analysis) , point (geometry) , philosophy , epistemology , task (project management) , mathematics , economics , management , biochemistry , chemistry , geometry
According to one antitheist argument, God cannot know what it is like to be me because He, who is necessarily unlimited and necessarily incorporeal, cannot have my point of view. In his recent article, William J. Mander tries to demonstrate that God can indeed have His own point of view and my point of view at the same time by providing examples that seem to motivate his claim. I argue that none of his examples succeeds in this task. I introduce a different objection to the antitheist argument that appeals to the Thomistic principle regarding divine attributes.