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- Title
Playing God.
- Authors
Meixner, Uwe
- Abstract
Metaphysical modelling is a method in (epistemologically enlightened) metaphysics. It uses models for the philosophical analysis of metaphysico-epistemological situations. In this paper, the method is applied to a set of metaphysical questions that concern the relationship between God and the world, and the relationship between human beings and the world. The questions revolve around a center: What is it that ultimately determines reality? This complex metaphysical subject is treated in a simplified and downsized manner: on the scale of board games. As will be seen, the unusual perspective provided by the model leads to new insights and has a salutary corrective effect in the metaphysico-epistemological respect. The paper also provides an analysis and defense of analogical thinking in metaphysics (of which way of thinking metaphysical modelling is a special form).
- Subjects
METAPHYSICS; PROOF of God; BOARD games; FREE will &; determinism; IMMANENCE of God; TRANSCENDENCE of God
- Publication
Religions, 2019, Vol 10, Issue 3, p209
- ISSN
2077-1444
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/rel10030209