Mutual Indwelling

Cotnoir, A. J.

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dc.contributor.author	Cotnoir, A. J.
dc.date.accessioned	2017-04-24T16:30:08Z
dc.date.available	2017-04-24T16:30:08Z
dc.date.issued	2017-04
dc.identifier.citation	Cotnoir , A J 2017 , ' Mutual Indwelling ' , Faith and Philosophy , vol. 34 , no. 2 , pp. 123-151 . https://doi.org/10.5840/faithphil201741179	en
dc.identifier.issn	0739-7046
dc.identifier.other	PURE: 249098962
dc.identifier.other	PURE UUID: f169e126-b392-494e-b4ec-ed5dffb47b48
dc.identifier.other	Scopus: 85020213670
dc.identifier.other	WOS: 000401421100001
dc.identifier.other	ORCID: /0000-0003-4528-7570/work/65702606
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10023/10651
dc.description	Work on this article was generously supported in the form of a Summer Stipend by the Classical Theism Project at the University of St. Thomas (MN) and the John Templeton Foundation.	en
dc.description.abstract	Perichoresis, or “mutual indwelling,” is a crucial concept in Trinitarian theology. But the philosophical underpinnings of the concept are puzzling. According to ordinary conceptions of “indwelling” or “being in,” it is incoherent to think that two entities could be in each other. In this paper, I propose a mereological way of understanding “being in,” by analogy with standard examples in contemporary metaphysics. I argue that this proposal does not conflict with the doctrine of divine simplicity, but instead affirms it. I conclude by discussing how mutual indwelling relates to the concepts of unity (modal inseparability) and identity (qualitative indiscernibility).
dc.format.extent	29
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.relation.ispartof	Faith and Philosophy	en
dc.rights	© 2017 Society of Christian Philosophers. This work has been made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the author created, accepted version manuscript following peer review and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at: https://doi.org/10.5840/faithphil201741179	en
dc.subject	B Philosophy (General)	en
dc.subject	T-NDAS	en
dc.subject.lcc	B1	en
dc.title	Mutual Indwelling	en
dc.type	Journal article	en
dc.description.version	Postprint	en
dc.contributor.institution	University of St Andrews.Philosophy	en
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.5840/faithphil201741179
dc.description.status	Peer reviewed	en
dc.date.embargoedUntil	2017-04-12
dc.identifier.url	https://www.pdcnet.org/faithphil/content/faithphil_2017_0034_0002_0123_0151	en

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