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    Epistemic access to actualized states of affairs grounds ... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→If we have good reason to believe that p is true and good reason to believe that q is true, then we have good reason to believe that p and q are logically consistent, even without understanding how they could be mutually consistent.

    Epistemic access to actualized states of affairs grounds possibility claims, but divine simplicity's conjunction with divine personhood is not observationally accessible in any analogous sense.

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    • 1.Possibility claims require grounding in actual cases; abstract theorizing without empirical anchors risks incoherence.
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    • 2.Divine simplicity and personhood make incompatible metaphysical demands that lack the observational warrant we need to endorse them.
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    • 3.Epistemic standards for accepting metaphysical claims should be uniform; unfalsifiable theological claims fail this standard.
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    • 1.Actualized states don't exhaust possibility; necessary truths about logic and mathematics lack empirical grounding yet warrant claims.
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    • 2.Non-observational accessibility isn't disqualifying; we ground abstract metaphysical claims through coherence and explanatory power.
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    • 3.Divine simplicity and personhood may both be coherent through analogical language; lack of direct access doesn't entail incoherence.
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    Key Terms

    Actualized states of affairs(as used in metaphysics (the study of reality))
    Things that actually exist or actually happen in the real world, as opposed to things that merely could happen.
    Divine personhood(as used in philosophy of religion)
    The concept that God has personal qualities like consciousness, intention, and the ability to act and relate to others.
    Epistemic access(used to show that the distinction might only be about our different ways of knowing, not about reality itself)
    The different ways we can know about or gain knowledge of something—essentially, how we're able to learn about it.
    Observationally accessible(as used in epistemology)
    Able to be known or verified through direct experience or empirical observation.
    Possibility claims(as used in modal logic and metaphysics)
    Statements about what could exist or could be true, rather than what definitely is true.
    divine simplicity(Central to both Malebranche's theodicy and his epistemology)
    A divine attribute functioning as a side constraint on God's actions, requiring God to act through simple means.
    grounds(Used in the context of justifying beliefs about the future on the basis of past information)
    Information or evidence that confers rational entitlement to hold a belief or assumption

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