Does Molinism Collapse into Determinism? Well... YES and No

Описание: Does Molinism really preserve libertarian free will, or does it inevitably collapse into determinism? Dr. Patrice Petel responds to Tim Stratton’s defense of Molinism against Warren McGrew’s critiques in this in-depth episode of Theology Deep Dive. Drawing from his PhD research on dynamic omniscience and the metaphysics of free will, Dr. Petel evaluates whether Molinist counterfactuals of creaturely freedom (CCFs) entail conditional necessity, undermining true freedom. He explores concepts like necessitarian systems, metaphysical necessity, conditional necessity, counterfactuals, individual essences, and possible worlds, while exposing the philosophical tensions in Molinism's attempt to reconcile divine sovereignty and libertarian
agency.

You can find more from Tim Stratton and Free Thinking Ministries at: https://freethinkingministries.com/

And from Warren McGrew's Idol Killer's YouTube Channel:    / @idolkiller  

Chapter Titles:

00:00 – Intro – Does Molinism Collapse into Determinism?
00:19 – Stratton’s Response to Idol Killer
01:27 – From Molinism to Dynamic Omniscience – My Theological Journey
03:02 – Graduate Work: Molinism vs Dynamic Omniscience
04:20 – Arthur Prior and Temporal Logic
05:07 – Warren McGrew’s Argument Against Molinism
06:29 – Free Will in Molinism: Conditional or Libertarian?
07:20 – Stratton’s Definition of Determinism
11:16 – Possible Worlds and Accessibility Relations
16:55 – Types of Necessity: Metaphysical, Historical, Conditional
24:05 – Conditional Necessity and Libertarian Free Will
26:20 – Counterfactuals in Molinism – Would vs Might Conditionals
30:06 – Idiosyncratic Use of Counterfactuals in Molinism
33:38 – C.S. Lewis on Free Will and Divine Omnipotence
36:30 – Does God Know Undecided Contingent Choices in Advance?
39:06 – Natural, Middle, and Free Knowledge in Molinism
44:01 – Individual Essences and Modal Collapse
47:02 – Compatibilism Disguised as Libertarianism?
52:08 – Predestination vs Determinism – Are They Distinct?
55:07 – Biblical Counterfactuals Are Not Molinist Middle Knowledge
57:44 – Jesus and Real-Time Knowledge – Against Scholastic Abstractions
1:00:44 – Counterfactuals Grounded in God's Personal Knowledge
1:03:06 – Two Elegant Syllogisms Against Foreknowledge and Freedom
1:06:08 – Why Not Call It Fatalism? Naming the Necessitarian System
1:10:08 – Final Syllogism: Why Molinism Is a Necessitarian System
1:12:15 – Necessity, Divine Guarantee, and Stratton’s Own Definition
1:14:02 – Metaphysical Necessity and the Idiosyncrasy of Molinist Definitions
1:15:52 – Conclusion – Why Molinism Remains Incompatible with Free Will


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