Incompatible and incomparable perfections: a new argument against perfect being theism

IF 0.5 3区 哲学 0 PHILOSOPHY INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION Pub Date : 2024-03-20 DOI:10.1007/s11153-024-09910-8
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Perfect being theism is the view that the perfect being exists and the property being-perfect is the property being-God. According to the strong analysis of perfection, a being is perfect just in case it exemplifies all perfections. On the other hand, the weak analysis of perfection says that a being is perfect just in case it exemplifies the best possible combination of compatible perfections. Strong perfect being theism accepts the former analysis while weak perfect being theism accepts the latter. In this paper, I argue that there are good reasons to reject both versions of perfect being theism. On the one hand, strong perfect being theism is false if there are incompatible perfections; I argue that there are. On the other hand, if either no comparison can be made between sets of perfections, or they are equally good, then there is no best possible set of perfections. I argue for the antecedent of this conditional statement, concluding that weak perfect being theism is false. In the absence of other analyses of perfection, I conclude that we have reason to reject perfect being theism.

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不相容和不可比拟的完美:反对完美存在论的新论据
摘要 完美存在论认为,完美的存在是存在的,完美的存在属性就是神的属性。根据对完美性的强分析,一个存在只要体现了所有的完美性就是完美的。另一方面,对完美性的弱分析则认为,一个存在只要体现了兼容完美性的最佳组合,就是完美的。强完美有神论接受前一种分析,而弱完美有神论接受后一种分析。在本文中,我认为有充分的理由拒绝这两种版本的完美存在论。一方面,如果存在不相容的完美性,那么强完美存在论就是错误的;我认为存在不相容的完美性。另一方面,如果完美的集合之间无法进行比较,或者它们同样完美,那么就不存在可能的最佳完美集合。我论证了这一条件陈述的前件,得出弱完美有神论是错误的结论。在缺乏对完美性的其他分析的情况下,我的结论是,我们有理由拒绝完美存在论。
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