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    Challenges→The claims that God is esse and God is id quod est are not genuinely contradictory.

    If the distinction were only in our mode of speaking, divine simplicity would be a doctrine about human cognition rather than divine ontology, undermining its theological function.

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    Doctrine(refers to the teachings being passed down)
    A set of beliefs or principles that a philosopher or group teaches and believes to be true.
    Ontology(Carnap argues this enterprise is based on a mistake)
    The philosophical discipline that tries to answer hard questions about what there really is.
    Theological(describing Cantor's view of the absolute infinite)
    Relating to God or religion, and questions about the nature of God and the divine.
    cognition(Interpretation of Kant's use of 'cognition' (Erkenntnis) as pertaining to meaning/intelligibility rather than merely knowledge)
    A semantic notion (on the interpretation described)
    divine simplicity(Central to both Malebranche's theodicy and his epistemology)

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    A divine attribute functioning as a side constraint on God's actions, requiring God to act through simple means.

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