Peter Bertocci (1910–1989) was an American philosopher and
Borden Parker Bowne
Borden Parker Bowne (January 14, 1847 – April 1, 1910) was an American Christian philosopher, Methodist minister and theologian. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature nine times.
Life
Bowne was born on January 14, 1847, near Leona ...
professor of philosophy, emeritus, at
Boston University
Boston University (BU) is a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts. The university is nonsectarian, but has a historical affiliation with the United Methodist Church. It was founded in 1839 by Methodists with its original campu ...
. He was a president of the
Metaphysical Society of America
The Metaphysical Society of America (MSA) is a philosophical organization founded by Paul Weiss in 1950. As stated in its constitution, "The purpose of the Metaphysical Society of America is the study of reality." The society is a member of the ...
.
Bertocci was an advocate of
theistic finitism
Theistic finitism, also known as finitistic theism or finite godism, is the belief in a deity that is limited.Geisler, Norman; Watkins, William D. (1989). ''Finite Godism: A World with a Finite God''. In ''Worlds Apart: A Handbook on World Views'' ...
, proposing that "God is all-good but not all-powerful".
[Geisler, Norman; Watkins, William D. (1989). ''Finite Godism: A World with a Finite God''. In ''Worlds Apart: A Handbook on World Views''. Wipf and Stock Publishers. pp. 196-198. ]
Selected publications
''The Empirical Argument for God in Late British Thought''(1935)
*''Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion'' (1951)
''Can the Goodness of God Be Empirically Grounded?''(1957)
*''Sex, Love, and the Person'' (1967)
''The Person God Is''(1970)
''Is God for Real''(1971)
''The Goodness of God''(1981)
References
20th-century American philosophers
Philosophy academics
1910 births
1989 deaths
Presidents of the Metaphysical Society of America
Place of birth missing
Place of death missing
Boston University faculty
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