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    The Principle of Sufficient Reason (PSR) holds that every... — Carmelics
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    Supports→There is only one possible world.

    The Principle of Sufficient Reason (PSR) holds that everything must have a sufficient reason or cause.

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    Spinoza accepts a very strong version of the PSR. According to some readings, he grants the PSR unlimited extension, and takes it to be necessary. In fact, the PSR seems to be the primary motivation behind Spinoza’s strict necessitarianism. For Spinoza, if there are two (or more) possible worlds, it would seem that neither one would have a sufficient reason or cause (for if there were such a sufficient reason, this world would be necessitated, and all other worlds would be impossible). In other

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