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    It is not the case that The unity of a cause is defined by its causal power, not by the absence of internal structure, as Leibniz himself acknowledged in the Monadology regarding God's simple will producing plural effects.

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    • 1.Causal power requires some underlying basis; defining unity by power alone risks circularity without structural grounding.
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    • 2.God's simple will in Leibniz is theologically exceptional; generalizing it to ordinary causation commits special pleading.
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    • 3.Multiple distinct effects suggest the cause has differentiable aspects, contradicting claims of true simplicity or unity.
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    • 1.Causal power is what makes something causally relevant; internal structure alone doesn't explain why effects occur.
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    • 2.God's will in Leibniz produces multiple coordinated effects without internal division, showing unity compatible with plurality.
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    • 3.Identity by causal role avoids problems of reductionism that plague purely structural accounts of causation.
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