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    Challenges→The ontological complexity of concrete states of affairs does not comport well with divine simplicity.

    If God is not a concrete particular that falls under universals but is subsistent being itself, states-of-affairs ontology presupposes a categorial framework that simply does not apply to the divine nature.

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    Key Terms

    Categorial framework(metaphysics and logic)
    A system of basic categories or concepts used to organize and understand how things work—like sorting things into 'substances,' 'qualities,' 'relationships,' etc.
    Concrete particular(as used in metaphysics/ontology)
    A specific, individual thing that actually exists in the real world, like 'this dog' or 'that chair,' as opposed to abstract ideas like 'dogness' or 'chairness.'
    Ontology(Carnap argues this enterprise is based on a mistake)
    The philosophical discipline that tries to answer hard questions about what there really is.
    Presupposes(as describing what Plantinga's argument takes for granted)
    Assumes something to be true without proving it—like how an argument might presuppose that logic works, without first arguing that logic is valid.

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    States-of-affairs ontology(metaphysics)
    A philosophical theory that says reality is made up of situations or facts—combinations of objects and their properties—rather than just things existing by themselves.
    Subsistent being(theology/metaphysics)
    A philosophical way of saying something exists on its own and doesn't depend on anything else to make it real; often used to describe God as pure existence itself.
    divine nature(Distinguishes the divine nature from the three persons, which are compound substances)
    A reality that is both a property and a simple (non-compound) substance, shared as the matter-constituent in each of the three divine persons
    universal(Argument for the generality of Turing machines)
    A computing system capable of simulating any other computing system of the same or lesser power; used here to describe Turing machines as the most general model of computation.

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