
doi: 10.1002/tht3.376
Beall and Cotnoir (2017) argue that theists may accept the claim that God’s omnipotence is fully unrestricted if they also adopt a suitable nonclassical logic. Their primary focus is on the infamous Stone problem (i.e., whether God can create a stone too heavy for God to lift). We show how unrestricted omnipotence generates Curry-like paradoxes. The upshot is that Beall and Cotnoir only provide a solution to one version of the Stone problem, but that unrestricted omnipotence generates other problems which they do not adequately address.
Logic, Curry's paradox, Omnipotence, Stone problem, 1211 Philosophy, Theological paradoxes
Logic, Curry's paradox, Omnipotence, Stone problem, 1211 Philosophy, Theological paradoxes
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