Aquinas on the Existence of the Future: A Response to Gili
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.24204/ejpr.v12i3.3424Abstract
I defend my paper “Aquinas, Geach, and Existence”[1]against objections from Luca Gili, who argued that, according to Aquinas, future contingents do not enjoy genuine existence but exist in God’s mind only.[1] Damiano Costa, “Aquinas, Geach, and existence”, European Journal for Philosophy of Religion 11, no. 3 (2019).
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