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    It is not the case that The Principle of Sufficient Reason, as Leibniz invoked it against Newton, demands an explanation for the specific moment of creation that mere temporal eliminativism cannot supply.

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    • 1.If time is metaphysically fundamental to causation and explanation, asking why creation occurred 'when' presupposes the very thing being explained.
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    • 2.PSR itself may be unprovable or false; rejecting it avoids the problem entirely without requiring temporal eliminativism.
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    • 3.Brute facts and foundational explanations may legitimately end inquiry; requiring reasons for all contingencies leads to infinite regress.
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    • 1.If time itself began at creation, there is no prior temporal framework to explain why creation occurred then rather than never.
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    • 2.Leibniz's PSR requires that every contingent fact have a sufficient reason; the universe's existence is contingent, demanding explanation.
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    • 3.Temporal eliminativism (denying objective time) cannot ground why physical laws actualized at some moments but not others without circularity.
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