title: The problem of free will in Eastern and Western Christianity
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metadata.value: Lebedev, Alexander Yu.
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metadata.value: 2022-11-24T11:04:09Z
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metadata.value: 2022-11-24T11:04:09Z
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metadata.value: 2022-12
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metadata.value: Lebedev A. Yu. The problem of free will in Eastern and Western Christianity. Issues of Theology, 2022, vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 619–639. https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu28.2022.405 (In Russian)
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu28.2022.405
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/38605
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metadata.value: Modern interest in the problem of human free will is largely centered on artificial
  intellect and transhumanism concepts. However, within a physicalist framework, in
  contrast with medieval thought, this issue is not considered to belong to the area
  of metaphysics. The article describes historical features of Eastern and Western
  approaches to this problem. The contrast between the ancient worldview and the
  Christian standpoint is discussed, as well as the complicated issue of the autonomy
  of will in coordination with Providence, which demands antinomic combination of
  divine omniscience and the optionality of human choice. The nature of this antinomy
  was understood based on an incorrect description of spiritual and divine worlds
  by means of a language based on classical logic principles, which include empirical
  laws of rough matter. It is noted that in Western European tradition an attempt to go beyond the classical logic framework was made by Molinists in the doctrine of
  Middle Knowledge. The problem of the will in Eastern patristics was thoroughly
  investigated by Maximus the Confessor, who affirms that free will, unlike freedom
  of choice, is not actuality, but a certain goal for a person.
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metadata.value: ru
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metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.value: Issues of Theology;Volume 4; Issue 4
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: free will
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: predestination
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: logic
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Augustinism
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Pelagianism
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: fatalism
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Maximus the Confessor
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metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: The problem of free will in Eastern and Western Christianity
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metadata.value: Article
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