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    It is not the case that If ideas are intrinsic modifications of the perceiving mind, there is no warrant to locate them in a divine intellect external to the human perceiver.

    ?Set your confidence on the premises below to see your aggregate.

    Reasons For

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    • 1.Universal mathematical truths remain constant across observers; this stability suggests a mind-independent source, possibly divine.
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    • 2.Human minds sometimes fail to grasp ideas (e.g., errors, forgetting); this incompleteness suggests ideas exist independently of individual perception.
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    • 3.The origin of ideas in finite minds requires explanation; a divine intellect as source doesn't contradict their intrinsic modification within us.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.Ideas exist only where they are experienced; if perceived only in human minds, positing them elsewhere violates parsimony.
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    • 2.Intrinsic modifications are properties dependent on the substance modified; mind-dependent ideas cannot simultaneously inhere in a different substance.
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    • 3.Attributing ideas to a divine intellect requires independent justification beyond explaining human perception itself.
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