TY - JOUR
AU - Gertler, Brie
AB - The Philosophical Quarterly Vol. , No.  October  ISSN – doi: ./j.-.._.x the objectivity to derive from the way space (or space-time) has a necessary geometric structure. God is part of the explanation only if this necessity is divinely ordained, in which case it is nomological rather than metaphysical. Suppose for the sake of argument that the objectivity of the physical world does derive from a normative constraint, as Foster suggests. He leaves it open whether God acts directly to bring about our experiences, or indirectly by means of laws of nature. I do not think he should be so open-minded on the issue. For there are three or four considerations which should make us prefer the hypothesis that God acts indirectly by means of laws which restrict our sensations: (a) even if the objectivity of the physical world derives from a normative constraint, we retain the intuition that pace Hume, the natural order is necessary in some sense; (b) some of our sensations are under our own control, and it is easier to reconcile this with God’s power by thinking of God as setting in place restrictions rather than as God’s causing us to have various sensations 
TI - The Subject's Point of View – Katalin Farkas
JO - The Philosophical Quarterly
DO - 10.1111/j.1467-9213.2009.645_3.x
DA - 2009-10-22
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/the-subject-s-point-of-view-katalin-farkas-7u6ujQTlye
SP - 743
EP - 747
VL - 59
IS - 237
DP - DeepDyve
ER -