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    It is not the case that Omnipotence cannot be analyzed simply as the power to bring about any contingent state of affairs.

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    • There can be contingent states of affairs that an omnipotent agent is powerless to bring about.
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    • 1.An omnipotent being cannot actualize states of affairs that are self-contradictory, such as a stone too heavy for it to lift.
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    • 2.Self-contradictory states of affairs are not genuine contingent states of affairs, but pseudo-possibilities masked by grammatical form.
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    • 3.Therefore, the simple 'any contingent state of affairs' formulation fails to exclude these pseudo-possibilities, rendering it analytically inadequate.
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    • 1.Mavrodes observed that some tasks are agent-relative: their possibility depends essentially on facts about the agent attempting them.
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    • 2.No formulation of omnipotence purely in terms of contingent states of affairs can capture agent-relative logical constraints without collapsing into incoherence.
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    • 3.Flint and Freddoso's account of omnipotence must therefore index power to what is feasible for a being given its essential nature, exceeding the simple formulation.
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