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dc.contributor.authorCotnoir, A. J.
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-24T16:30:08Z
dc.date.available2017-04-24T16:30:08Z
dc.date.issued2017-04
dc.identifier249098962
dc.identifierf169e126-b392-494e-b4ec-ed5dffb47b48
dc.identifier85020213670
dc.identifier000401421100001
dc.identifier.citationCotnoir , A J 2017 , ' Mutual Indwelling ' , Faith and Philosophy , vol. 34 , no. 2 , pp. 123-151 . https://doi.org/10.5840/faithphil201741179en
dc.identifier.issn0739-7046
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0003-4528-7570/work/65702606
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/10651
dc.descriptionWork 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.abstractPerichoresis, 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).
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dc.format.extent194333
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofFaith and Philosophyen
dc.subjectB Philosophy (General)en
dc.subjectT-NDASen
dc.subject.lccB1en
dc.titleMutual Indwellingen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Philosophyen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.5840/faithphil201741179
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.date.embargoedUntil2017-04-12
dc.identifier.urlhttps://www.pdcnet.org/faithphil/content/faithphil_2017_0034_0002_0123_0151en


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