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    It is not the case that The inference from necessary existence to omnipotence commits a category error: modal status concerns existence conditions, not causal power or epistemic scope.

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    • 1.If a being is necessary and ultimate (requires nothing external), it must have maximal causal powers—otherwise it would depend on external causes.
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    • 2.Omniscience about all possibilities requires causal access to actualize them. A necessary, independent being plausibly has both simultaneously.
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    • 3.The category distinction assumes modal and causal properties are independent, but metaphysically fundamental beings may unify these properties.
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    • 1.Modal properties (necessity, contingency) describe metaphysical status, not capacities. A necessary being's existence doesn't entail causal abilities.
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    • 2.Omnipotence concerns what one can do; necessary existence concerns why something exists. These answer different metaphysical questions.
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    • 3.A necessary mathematical object exists necessarily but has no causal powers, showing necessity alone doesn't ground omnipotence.
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