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    If PSR is not a necessary truth, the inference from 'God ... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→The idea that God could place objects within absolute space with one orientation rather than another is not incoherent, but God would lack a reason for doing so.

    If PSR is not a necessary truth, the inference from 'God lacks a differentiating reason' to 'God cannot act' does not follow.

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    • 1.PSR is contingent on metaphysical framework assumptions, not logically necessary in all possible worlds.
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    • 2.Without PSR as necessary truth, lack of differentiating reason doesn't entail inability to act; it permits uncaused action.
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    • 3.Agent causation can operate independently of reason-provision; reasons constrain but don't constitute action-capacity.
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    • 1.Even if PSR is contingent, the logical structure of the inference remains sound given PSR's actual truth in our world.
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    • 2.Denying PSR doesn't license arbitrary action; without differentiating reasons, God's act would be metaphysically unintelligible.
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    • 3.The inference conflates epistemic justification with metaphysical necessity; PSR's contingency doesn't resolve the explanatory gap.
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