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    Power is the ability to actualize any logically possible ... — Carmelics
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    Supports→An omnipotent being who cannot bring about haecceity-dependent states of affairs is genuinely less powerful than one who can, contra the claim that D3 imposes no undue limitation.

    Power is the ability to actualize any logically possible state. Haecceity-dependent states are logically possible, so inability to actualize them represents a genuine power limitation.

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    Key Terms

    Actualize(as describing what power someone has)
    To make something real or bring it into existence; to turn a possibility into reality.
    Haecceity-dependent states(as used in metaphysics)
    Situations or conditions that depend on the specific identity of a particular thing; they couldn't be the same if we substituted a different thing that looks identical.
    Logically possible(modal logic and possibility)
    Something that doesn't break the rules of logic or create a contradiction, even if it's unlikely to actually happen in real life.
    Power limitation(as used in philosophy of action and metaphysics)
    A constraint on what someone or something is able to do; a boundary to their abilities.
    haecceity(Metaphysics of modality and personal identity)

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    The property of being that very individual; for individual a, the haecceity is the property of being a
    power(Reid's argument linking planned conduct to agency)
    The causal capacity required to both conceive and execute planned conduct.

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