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Quantum Molinism

Cristian Calude
University of Auckland

Thomas Harvey
University of Auckland

Thomas Harvey
University of Auckland

Thomas Harvey
University of Auckland

Thomas Harvey
University of Auckland

Frederick Kroon
University of Auckland

Karl Svozil
Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24204/ejpr.2022.3680

Abstract

In this paper we consider the possibility of a Quantum Molinism: such a view applies an analogue of the Molinistic account of free will‘s compatibility  with God’s foreknowledge to God’s knowledge of (supposedly) indeterministic events at a quantum level. We ask how (and why) a providential God could care for and know about a world with this kind of indeterminacy.  We consider various formulations of such a Quantum Molinism, and after rejecting a number of options arrive at one seemingly coherent formulation. 

Keywords: Molinism

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