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<p>The thought that even though God has created, He <i>actually</i> existed <i>alone</i> without creation, what I’ll call ‘Precreation’, seems to be a key premise in some contemporary arguments against divine atemporalism. The question this paper addresses is whether we have any strong reasons for affirming Precreation. Before answering this question I will discuss how Precreation is understood and then how some arguments against divine atemporalism employ this notion. The bulk of the paper then examines the main arguments for endorsing Precreation and concludes that they don’t provide good grounds for adopting it. As a result, I suggest that atemporalists shouldn’t be troubled by those arguments against their view which require Precreation since they can plausibly reject those premises.</p>

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O Precreation, where Art thou?

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    2025年7月29日

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  • Ben Page

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The thought that even though God has created, He actually existed alone without creation, what I’ll call ‘Precreation’, seems to be a key premise in some contemporary arguments against divine atemporalism. The question this paper addresses is whether we have any strong reasons for affirming Precreation. Before answering this question I will discuss how Precreation is understood and then how some arguments against divine atemporalism employ this notion. The bulk of the paper then examines the main arguments for endorsing Precreation and concludes that they don’t provide good grounds for adopting it. As a result, I suggest that atemporalists shouldn’t be troubled by those arguments against their view which require Precreation since they can plausibly reject those premises.