If abstract objects are genuinely self-subsistent, God cannot be their source without collapsing into a form of ontotheological voluntarism that contradicts mathematical necessity.
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(describing whether things have their own inherent, unchanging nature)
Able to exist on its own without depending on anything else; independent and self-contained.
abstract objects(The target of Platonist ontological claims)
Objects referred to by singular terms in literally true sentences that cannot be paraphrased away; includes mathematical objects (e.g., numbers), propositions, properties, relations, sentence types, possible worlds, logical objects, and fictional objects.