Baysüngür Philosophical Views: Timeless Divine Knowledge, Human Freedom, and the Experience–Choice Cycle
This paper develops the Baysüngür Philosophical Views (BFG), a proposed metaphysical framework for analyzing the relationship between timeless divine knowledge and human freedom. The central claim is that divine knowledge, causal coercion, modal necessity, and human agency must not be identified. The framework therefore begins with the distinction KG(B) not-imply CG(B), where KG(B) denotes God's knowledge that proposition B is true and CG(B) denotes divine causal coercion of B. BFG then introduces the Experience–Choice Cycle (ECC), Ht -> Dt -> St -> Ht+1, in which an agent's temporally extended history informs deliberation, deliberation is evaluated by the agent, a choice is made, and the consequences of that choice become part of the agent's subsequent history. The model is intended to explain how agency can be temporally developing while the complete history is timelessly known by God. The paper distinguishes BFG from simple determinism, refined compatibilism, Boethian accounts of divine eternity, and Molinism, and it is presented as a structural framework and research program for further modal and philosophical analysis.
Authors
- CAN Deyer Baysüngur
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Published
- 2026-10-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23671361
- Primary Topic
- Theology and Philosophy of Evil
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00