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    The ontological complexity of concrete states of affairs ... — Carmelics
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    The ontological complexity of concrete states of affairs does not comport well with divine simplicity.

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    • 1.A concrete state of affairs such as Socrates' being pale is a complex both the subject and the property constituent of which are necessary for its identity.
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    • 2.Divine simplicity requires that God not be composed of distinct constituents.
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    • 1.On a trope-theoretic ontology, a state of affairs like God's wisdom is a simple, non-repeatable particular, not a subject-property complex.
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    • 2.If divine attributes are identified with distinct tropes that are themselves identical with God's being, no genuine compositional plurality arises.
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    • 3.Trope theory thus dissolves the subject-property complexity that threatens divine simplicity without abandoning concrete ontology.
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    • 1.Aquinas held that God does not instantiate properties but rather is identical with his own esse, making the subject-property analysis inapplicable to God.
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    • 2.If God is not a concrete particular that falls under universals but is subsistent being itself, states-of-affairs ontology presupposes a categorial framework that simply does not apply to the divine nature.
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    Thus is concretion secured, but whither simplicity? A concrete state of affairs such as Socrates’ being pale is a complex both the subject and the property constituent of which are necessary for its identity. Property instance or tropes, by contrast, are simples: the paleness trope in Socrates, though it cannot ‘migrate’ to Plato, does not have Socrates as a constituent and so is not tied to the philosopher for its identity. Now McCann is well aware that the ontological complexity of concrete states of affairs does not comport well with divine simplicity. But he thinks it is the best we can d...

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