Classical theism's doctrine of creation ex nihilo presupposes a genuine modal alternative—non-existence of the universe—which an absolutistPSR within actualist realism renders incoherent.
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PSR (Principle of Sufficient Reason)(Applied here to demand an explanation for the actual series of finite modes)
The principle that there must be a reason or explanation for why any particular state of affairs obtains rather than some alternative.
actualist realism(as used in metaphysics)
The philosophical view that only things that actually exist are real, as opposed to possible things that could exist but don't.
classical theism(Contrasted with process theism in the debate over human freedom)
The theological view, represented by Aquinas, that God's will is perfectly efficacious and that divine sovereignty is compatible with human freedom through dual sufficient causation
modal(in logic and metaphysics)
Dealing with possibility and necessity—questions about what could be true, what must be true, and what's merely contingent (could go either way).