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    Logical or formal necessity can constitute a non-causal g... — Carmelics
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    Logical or formal necessity can constitute a non-causal ground for existence without implying temporal or ontological priority over the necessary being.

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    • 1.Mathematical truths ground theorems non-causally without temporal priority; logical necessity works analogously for metaphysical facts.
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    • 2.Grounding can be synchronic: a fact's logical structure explains it without any entity preceding it temporally or ontologically.
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    • 3.Necessary beings (like abstracta or God) needn't be caused to exist if their essence entails existence by logical structure alone.
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    • 1.Grounding requires explanatory priority; priority without temporal or ontological form seems incoherent or merely verbal sleight.
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    • 2.Logical necessity describes *what* must be true, not *why* anything exists; it explains necessity but not facticity of existence.
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    • 3.If formal necessity doesn't entail priority, it's unclear how it grounds rather than merely correlates with existence.
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