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    Challenges→God is not just another necessary being among necessary beings; he is uniquely necessary as the source and ground of everything distinct from himself.

    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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    Key Terms

    Collapse into(philosophical argument structure)
    A philosophical phrase meaning that one theory or position gradually transforms or reduces into another, often implying a loss of its distinct identity.
    God as a source(the theological claim being examined)
    The idea that God is the creator or originator of all things that exist.
    Mathematical necessity(Defined via restriction from metaphysical necessity)
    A proposition's being both metaphysically necessary and a mathematical truth, or its being metaphysically necessary because it is a mathematical truth
    Ontotheological voluntarism(the specific type of contradiction being warned against)
    A philosophical view that God's will and choices—rather than logic or necessity—are what determine what exists and what is true.
    Self-subsistent

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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.

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