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Is Divine Concurrence Possible?
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Is Divine Concurrence Possible?

W. Matthews Grant
Res philosophica, Vol.103(4), pp.449-471
10/2026

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divine concurrence Philosophy
The doctrine of divine concurrence maintains that, whenever a creaturely or “secondary” cause brings about an effect, the whole of that effect is also directly brought about by God, the “primary” cause. Simon Kittle and Timothy D. Miller have recently (and separately) argued that divine concurrence is incoherent or impossible. This paper responds to the arguments of Kittle and Miller. It also offers two independent reasons, apart from any reasons for thinking the doctrine true, for holding that concurrence is possible.

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