Information Package / Course Catalogue
God's Foreknowledge and Free Will
Course Code: FDB506
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 5
Objectives of the Course

The purpose of this course is to help students understand the philosophical and theological relationships between God's foreknowledge and human free will, and to encourage them to examine diverse approaches such as determinism, compatibilism, incompatibilism, Molinism, and open theism. The course aims to develop critical thinking skills and the ability to make analytical evaluations between seemingly contradictory views.

Course Content

The course examines the question of free will and God's foreknowledge within a historical and philosophical context. The tension between human free will and God's absolute knowledge is discussed, and determinism and indeterminism are examined. Compatibilism, incompatibilism, determinist critiques, and naturalism and reductionist approaches are also considered. Open theism, Molinism, and divine freedom are analyzed in detail. By the end of the course, students will be able to critically evaluate the debates between free will and God's knowledge.

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