Open AccessDetachment Issues: A Dilemma for Beall’s Contradictory Christology
Author(s) -
Meghan D. Page
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the journal of analytic theology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2330-2380
DOI - 10.12978/jat.2021-9.120413150004
Subject(s) - dilemma , heresy , christology , philosophy , epistemology , resolution (logic) , theology , computer science , artificial intelligence
Jc Beall offers a novel resolution to worries about Christ’s contradictory nature by introducing an account of logical consequence that allows for true contradictions. However, to prevent his view from exploding into heresy, Beall must deny that conditionals detach. But without detachment, the language fails to capture other true entailments which must be included in a complete account of Christ. Beall faces a dilemma, then, between heresy and inadequacy.