Omnipotence

Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 71 (1):58–84 (2005)
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Abstract

Recently, many philosophers have supposed that the divine attribute of omnipotence is properly understood as some kind of maximal power. I argue that all of the best known attempts to analyse omnipotence in terms of maximal power are multiply flawed. Moreover, I argue that there are compelling reasons for supposing that, on orthodox theistic conceptions, maximal power is not one of the divine attributes.

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Graham Oppy
Monash University

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