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    One cannot credibly defend the metaphysical possibility o... — Carmelics
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    One cannot credibly defend the metaphysical possibility of a plurality of coexistent omnipotent agents by drawing an analogy with the phenomenon of quantum entanglement.

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    • 1.Quantum entanglement is a causal-nomological relation governed by contingent physical laws, not a metaphysically necessary structural feature of agency.
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    • 2.Omnipotence, as analyzed by Wierenga and Flint, is defined over logically possible actions, making it governed by modal necessity rather than physical law.
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    • 3.Analogical inference from contingent physical structure to metaphysically necessary agentive structure commits a category error that invalidates the analogy before the reductio can gain traction.
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    • 1.Entangled particles lack intentionality; their correlated states are not the product of rational deliberation or will directed toward states of affairs.
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    • 2.Plantinga's account of omnipotence requires that an omnipotent agent's actions flow from rational volition, which cannot be externally constrained by nomological necessity without undermining the agent's omnipotence.
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    • 3.Therefore, any 'entangled omnipotent agent' whose endeavors are necessitated by another agent's endeavors is self-refuting, collapsing the analogy rather than supporting coexistent omnipotence.
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    • 1.Quantum entanglement implies that there exist pairs of entangled micro-particles such that it is causally necessary that one member of the pair is spin up if and only if the other member is spin up.
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    • 2.By analogy with entanglement, if a plurality of coexistent omnipotent agents is possible, then there could be 'entangled' omnipotent agents A1 and A2 such that it is metaphysically necessary that A1 endeavors to bring about a certain state of affairs if and only if A2 endeavors to bring about the same state of affairs.
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    • 3.Quantum mechanics further implies that there are entangled pairs of micro-particles such that it is causally necessary that one member of the pair is spin up if and only if the other member is spin down, and the properties of being spin up and being spin down are contraries.
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    Another possible defense of the possibility of a plurality of coexistent omnipotent agents appeals to quantum mechanics. Quantum entanglement seems to be a unique physical phenomenon whereby concurrent activities of diverse contingently existing substantial individuals are directly coordinated in virtue of a necessary linkage of some sort between those substantial individuals. By drawing an analogy with this phenomenon, one might argue that there could be coexistent omnipotent agents who necessarily avoid stalemates. Quantum mechanics implies that there exist pairs of entangled micro-particles...

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