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    If the originator of PSR himself requires a simple cause ... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→A simple cause has one and only one simple effect.

    If the originator of PSR himself requires a simple cause to produce multiple distinct effects, the entailment from simplicity to singular effect is internally inconsistent with the PSR tradition.

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    Key Terms

    Originator(as used in causation)
    The first cause or creator; the thing that starts a chain of events or brings something into existence.
    PSR(Leibniz's domain-based characterization of logical principles)
    Principle of Sufficient Reason; governs the domains of metaphysics, natural theology, and physics
    PSR tradition(as used in history of philosophy)
    The body of philosophical thinking and history built around the Principle of Sufficient Reason, including how philosophers have understood and developed this idea over time.
    Simplicity(Doctrine of the simple reality)
    An attribute of perfection that denies any contingent facet to God
    entailment(Conceptualist framework)

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