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    Challenges→If the libertarian theory of free will is correct, an omnipotent agent (other than Plato) cannot bring about (f), but Plato can.

    If middle knowledge is coherent, an omnipotent agent can bring about free actions by selecting the world where Plato freely performs (f), preserving both omnipotence and libertarian freedom.

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    Freely performs (f)(describing Plato's action in the philosophical scenario)
    Does an action (represented by 'f') based on genuine free choice, not because forced or determined to do so.
    Middle knowledge(Core component of Molinism, as described in Marsh's reply to Maitzen)
    God's knowledge of what free creatures would freely do in counterfactual situations
    Plato(the person whose decision to write is being analyzed in this example)
    An ancient Greek philosopher (around 428-348 BCE) who wrote famous dialogues exploring big questions about knowledge, justice, and reality.
    agent(Economics terminology applied to medical ethics)
    The party in a principal-agent relationship who is instructed to produce the good or service on the principal's behalf — in the medical context, the doctor

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    coherent(de Finetti's usage in the context of the Dutch Book argument for probabilism)
    A subject is coherent if their unconditional degrees of belief do not permit a Dutch Book (a guaranteed loss through a combination of bets) to be made against them
    knowledge(Distinguished from mere true belief, which may be the product of indoctrination and need not exercise deliberative capacities.)
    Justified true belief — true belief that has been arrived at through the exercise of deliberative capacities, including comparison of and deliberation among alternatives.
    libertarian freedom
    The view that freedom involves a radical, indeterminist exercise of power.
    omnipotence(Bruno's theological framework)
    God's primary attribute as designated by the Apostles' Creed, entailing that all possibilities are actualized
    omnipotent(Used in the context of arguing about whether multiple omnipotent beings could coexist.)
    A being whose will is never thwarted; a being capable of bringing about any willed outcome.

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