Swinburne's own simplicity criterion favors a God of zero specific finite properties, but 'absolute perfection' bundles multiple maximized properties (omniscience, omnipotence, omnibenevolence), each requiring independent justification.
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absolute perfection(Suárez's metaphysics of divine attributes)
The highest degree of perfection that serves as the standard by which other beings admitting of degrees of perfection are measured
independent justification(Epistemology of justification transmission)
Justification that appears intuitively independent of the original justification for a proposition q; more precisely, transmitted justification for q that is additional and independent when three counterfactual conditions are met: the subject was already justified in believing q before acquiring the new evidence, remains justified during acquisition, and would have gained a first-time justification via transmission had no prior justification existed
omnipotence(Bruno's theological framework)
God's primary attribute as designated by the Apostles' Creed, entailing that all possibilities are actualized
omniscience(The passage tests omniscience against mathematical undecidability)
The property of knowing everything; used here to probe whether divine knowledge extends to undecided mathematical propositions.