Damian's position does not require him to deny the universal validity of the principle of non-contradiction

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1.Damian's concept of restoring virginity does not require interfering with past events
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2.The argument that Damian must deny the principle of non-contradiction assumed that restoration of virginity consists in removing past events
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3.If Damian does not share the assumption that restoration of virginity consists in removing past events, the two questions in De divina omnipotentia can be treated and answered separately
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There is a curious feature in Damian’s idea about restoring virginity. Damian talks about kinds of restoration of virginity that do not require any interfering with past events (see Section 4). This is significant because it ruins our constructed argument for the claim that Damian has to deny the universal validity of the principle of non-contradiction (above, steps [1]–[5]). If Damian does not share the assumption that restoration of virginity consists in removing some events in the past (ste

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