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    It is not the case that If the PSR does not favor one possible series over any other, there is no explanation for why this series rather than another actually exists

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    • 1.More than one maximal series of finite modes may be equally possible
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    • 2.The PSR requires that there be a sufficient reason for why any particular series actually obtains
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    • 3.If the PSR is neutral between equally possible series, it provides no sufficient reason for the actual series
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    • 1.Leibniz's PSR entails that bare possibility is never sufficient for actuality; actuality requires a reason that tips the balance toward existence.
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    • 2.If equally possible series lack a differentiating reason, the PSR itself is violated, since 'equally possible' means the actual series has no surplus explanatory ground.
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    • 3.A principle that permits brute selection among equivalents is indistinguishable in explanatory power from a principle that permits brute facts, undermining PSR's core motivation.
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    • 1.Van Inwagen's consequence argument structure shows that if no factor privileges one outcome over another, the result is explanatorily on par with chance, not reason.
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    • 2.Spinoza's own necessitarianism avoids this problem precisely because he denies genuine modal parity among series, confirming that PSR requires a differentiating ground to do real explanatory work.
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