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The Challenge of Theodicy and the Divine Access to the Universe
Any new attempt to cope with the problem of theodicy is forced to reinterpret and remodify the classic set of divine attributes. Classical monotheism, at least in the Christian or Islamic tradition, emphasizes the concept of God as a personal, almighty being who is in a completely free relation to the world. However, even within Christianity we find other tendencies which might help us to rewrite the idea that God has some sort of libertarian and unrestricted access to the world. The following article raises the question whether God, as an absolute being, can influence the course of the world directly. The answer to this question has an enormous impact on the problem of theodicy: If God’s nonintervention is based on God’s essence (rather than any form of initial self-restriction), then God cannot be held directly responsible for not performing direct acts of interventio
Dynamic Multi-Arm Bandit Game Based Multi-Agents Spectrum Sharing Strategy Design
For a wireless avionics communication system, a Multi-arm bandit game is
mathematically formulated, which includes channel states, strategies, and
rewards. The simple case includes only two agents sharing the spectrum which is
fully studied in terms of maximizing the cumulative reward over a finite time
horizon. An Upper Confidence Bound (UCB) algorithm is used to achieve the
optimal solutions for the stochastic Multi-Arm Bandit (MAB) problem. Also, the
MAB problem can also be solved from the Markov game framework perspective.
Meanwhile, Thompson Sampling (TS) is also used as benchmark to evaluate the
proposed approach performance. Numerical results are also provided regarding
minimizing the expectation of the regret and choosing the best parameter for
the upper confidence bound
Divine Activity
The paper discusses basic models of divine action and intervention. However, the most part of the article is dedicated to the question whether or not there are theistic reasons to stick to some sort of non-interventionism. Therefore, Schleiermacher’s argument is put under scrutiny and presented in a way that could substantiate some version of non-interventionism. Additionally, the paper explores an argument in favor of non-interventionism coming from a specific notion of divine aseity and self-sufficiency. Ultimately the paper votes for a broader notion of the God-world-relationship alluding to the idea of the world being God’s body
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