Does aseity need to be grounded intrinsically? (Dr. Joshua Sijuwade vs. Dr. Steven Nemes)

Описание: Is aseity an intrinsic or extrinsic property? Are extrinsic properties essential?

Dr. Joshua Sijuwade debates Dr. Steven Nemes on whether God’s property of aseity must be grounded by something intrinsic in God (specifically, an additional property of “self-existence”) or if this is superfluous, as self-existence is a reducible property.

Even if this additional property is to be possessed essentially, does this logically entail, under MT, that the Son and the Holy Spirit do not share in the same essence as God the Father?

Dr. Joshua Sijuwade explains that this is not the case because there are two forms of essence—particular (or individual) and general (or kind). It can be argued, if needed to, that this “self-existence” property is within the particular essence of the divine person of God the Father.

Hence, a logical argument is needed to explain why this additional property of “self-existence” must necessarily be part of the kind essence.

Dr. Joshua Sijuwade’s “Monarchial Trinitarianism: A Metaphysical Proposal”: https://academia.edu/resource/work/48...

Dr. Joshua Sijuwade’s “Grounding and the Existence of God”: https://philarchive.org/archive/SIJGAT

Dr. Sydney Shoemaker’s “Realization and mental causation”: https://philpapers.org/rec/SHORAM

Entries on “Origins Essentialism”: https://philpapers.org/browse/origins...

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