A FORMAL-LOGICAL APPROACH TO THE CONCEPT OF GOD

RICARDO SOUSA SILVESTRE · UNICAMP - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Centro de Lógica, Epistemologia e História da Ciência · 2021

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RICARDO SOUSA SILVESTRE

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UNICAMP - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Centro de Lógica, Epistemologia e História da Ciência

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2021

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2317-630X

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2317-630X

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English

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Abstract In this paper I try to answer four basic questions: (1) How the concept of God is to be represented? (2) Are there any logical principles governing it? (3) If so, what kind of logic lies behind them? (4) Can there be a logic of the concept of God? I address them by presenting a formal-logical account to the concept of God. I take it as a methodological desideratum that this should be done within the simplest existing logical formalism. I start with first-order logic (FOL) with identity, and then show that its simplest modal extension (SQML, or the simplest quantified modal logic) is enough for us to formalize a minimally satisfactory theory of the concept of God. I focus exclusively on the monotheistic concept of God.

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SILVESTRE, R. S. (2021). A FORMAL-LOGICAL APPROACH TO THE CONCEPT OF GOD. https://doi.org/10.1590/0100-6045.2021.v44n4.rs

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SILVESTRE, RICARDO SOUSA. "A FORMAL-LOGICAL APPROACH TO THE CONCEPT OF GOD." 2021. https://doi.org/10.1590/0100-6045.2021.v44n4.rs.

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SILVESTRE, RICARDO SOUSA. 2021. "A FORMAL-LOGICAL APPROACH TO THE CONCEPT OF GOD.". https://doi.org/10.1590/0100-6045.2021.v44n4.rs.

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SILVESTRE, R. S. 2021, A FORMAL-LOGICAL APPROACH TO THE CONCEPT OF GOD, UNICAMP - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Centro de Lógica, Epistemologia e História da Ciência, available at: https://doi.org/10.1590/0100-6045.2021.v44n4.rs [Accessed 6 Aug. 2026].

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Title: A FORMAL-LOGICAL APPROACH TO THE CONCEPT OF GOD

Author / contributors: RICARDO SOUSA SILVESTRE

Publisher: UNICAMP - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Centro de Lógica, Epistemologia e História da Ciência

Publication year: 2021

ISSN: 2317-630X

ISSN: 2317-630X

Language: English

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Concept of God; Formal Philosophy of Religion; Simplest Quantified Modal Logic; Religious Plurality