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    Alvin Plantinga's Free Will Defense requires only the log... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→An appeal to libertarian free will is problematic.

    Alvin Plantinga's Free Will Defense requires only the logical possibility of libertarian freedom, not a fully developed metaphysical account.

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    • 1.Plantinga's core goal is defending theism against logical inconsistency, not providing complete metaphysics of freedom.
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    • 2.Logical possibility suffices to show no contradiction between omniscience, omnipotence, and human freedom exists.
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    • 3.Demanding fully developed metaphysics sets an unreasonably high bar not required for successful defense arguments.
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    • 1.Libertarian freedom's logical possibility remains disputed; merely asserting it possible doesn't resolve the core debate.
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    • 2.Without metaphysical detail, the defense fails to show libertarian freedom actually coheres with divine foreknowledge.
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    • 3.Critics can consistently grant logical possibility while rejecting the defense as philosophically incomplete and unsatisfying.
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