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    It is not the case that For any thing x and magnitude m, if m is the magnitude of x, and it is not possible that there is a thing y and a magnitude n such that n is the magnitude of y and n is greater than m, and x does not exist in reality, then it is not possible that if x exists in reality then there is a magnitude n such that n is greater than m and n is the magnitude of x.

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    • 1.Existence is not a magnitude or perfection that admits of degrees, as Kant argued in the Critique of Pure Reason.
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    • 2.If existence adds no real predicate to a concept, then existing in reality cannot increase the magnitude of a thing beyond its conceptual maximum.
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    • 3.Therefore, the conditional linking non-existence to a possible magnitude increase is vacuously malformed, not merely false.
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    Reason for 2 of 2
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    • 1.The premise illicitly assumes that 'existing in reality' is a coherent intensifier of magnitude within the same evaluative framework as non-existent objects.
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    • 2.Meinongian object theory demonstrates that non-existent objects can possess properties and magnitudes without any modal deficiency relative to existent counterparts.
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    • 3.If non-existent objects have fully determinate magnitudes, then the inference that existence would raise the magnitude of the maximally great being is blocked.
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    • This is stated as a premise (i.e., taken as axiomatic or self-evident).
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