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Formal Agency and Ontological Intersection: A Synthesis of Strong Occasionalism, Existential Gradation, and Fuzzy Logic in Branching Time
This paper resolves the classic tension between divine sovereignty and human moral responsibility. We argue that models like Molinism and Theological Libertarianism fail within a coherent monotheistic framework, as they introduce ontological dualism by granting creatures independent causal power. Our solution integrates Islamic Strong Occasionalism with analytic philosophy. We propose that human agency is formal, not efficient. Humans act as loci of navigation across the branching map of divine possibilities. Responsibility lies at an Ontological Intersection, where human will (as formal cause) meets God's continuous creative act. Our ontology rests on Strong Occasionalism: God is the sole Efficient Cause. Evil is understood via Sadrian existential gradation (tashkik al-wujud) as privatio boni—a deficiency of existential intensity on a fuzzy spectrum. To prevent fatalism, we employ Weak Supervenience: God actualizes one temporal branch, while other possible branches remain intact, preserving contingency and shielding the system from modal collapse. Using fuzzy logic, we quantify intention and consciousness as continuous variables [0,1]. The Islamic concept of Kasb (Acquisition) is reconceived as Kasb 2.0, where responsibility is measured by an agent's degree of conscious "Presence". This yields a coherent theodicy: divine justice reflects the ontological resonance between divine purity and an agent's constituted state. We conclude that sovereignty transposes morality to the plane of Ontological Identity: humans are responsible for the quality of their being, not for events. This reformulation preserves both absolute transcendence and meaningful accountability. Consequently, this synthesis offers a novel, metaphysically coherent framework that resolves the sovereignty-responsibility dilemma while maintaining strict monotheistic commitments.
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