Reformed Thought on Freedom:

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" Reformed Thought on Freedom: "
Paul Helm

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1073445
Doc. No	:	LA117074
Call No	:	‭10.1163/156973110X542196‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Paul Helm
Title & Author	:	Reformed Thought on Freedom: [Article] : Some Further Thoughts\ Paul Helm
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Journal of Reformed Theology
Date	:	2010
Volume/ Issue Number	:	4/3
Page No	:	185–207
Abstract	:	Reformed Thought on Freedom introduces philosophical apparatus that was routinely employed by Reformed Orthodox theologians for discussing the metaphysics of human action. This article first offers critical reflection on the claims made for this apparatus as providing evidence for a commitment to the freedom of indifference. Then, taking the book’s treatment of Francis Turretin’s anthropology as an example, it is argued that the claim that his view of human freedom relies on the notion of synchronic contingency is not made out. There is a failure to distinguish between indifference as an intrinsic feature of the will, and the freedom of indifference. Reformed Thought on Freedom introduces philosophical apparatus that was routinely employed by Reformed Orthodox theologians for discussing the metaphysics of human action. This article first offers critical reflection on the claims made for this apparatus as providing evidence for a commitment to the freedom of indifference. Then, taking the book’s treatment of Francis Turretin’s anthropology as an example, it is argued that the claim that his view of human freedom relies on the notion of synchronic contingency is not made out. There is a failure to distinguish between indifference as an intrinsic feature of the will, and the freedom of indifference.
Descriptor	:	freedom
Descriptor	:	indifference
Descriptor	:	liberty
Descriptor	:	synchronic contingency
Descriptor	:	Turretin
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/156973110X542196‬