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    Therefore, facts about real possibilities and real imposs... — Carmelics
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    Supports→There exists a necessary being (God) that grounds facts about real possibilities and real impossibilities by exemplifying every combination of fundamental properties whose joint exemplification is really possible.

    Therefore, facts about real possibilities and real impossibilities can only be grounded in a necessary being that exemplifies (rather than merely thinks) every really possible combination of fundamental properties.

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    Exemplifies(metaphysics)
    Actually possesses or displays a quality directly, rather than just having it in thought or theory.
    Fundamental properties(as used in metaphysics)
    The most basic qualities or characteristics that exist, from which all other properties are built or derived.
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    Based on or explained by something; if something is 'grounded in' another thing, that second thing is the reason or foundation for the first.
    Real impossibilities(as used in modal metaphysics)
    Things that genuinely cannot happen or exist in reality, not just things we can't imagine.
    Real possibilities(as used in modal metaphysics)
    Things that could actually happen or exist in reality, as opposed to things that are purely imaginary or logically impossible.
    necessary being(Theistic metaphysics)
    A being that exists and is God in every possible world

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    Kant’s version of the argument is based on the claim that there are real possibilities that are not grounded in the principle of non-contradiction, but that nevertheless must have a ground or explanation (Kant 1763 [AK 2: 63ff]). If they are not grounded in the principle of non-contradiction, then they are not grounded in God’s thinking them rather than their negations, which is how Leibniz had proposed that all such possibilities are grounded. Put the other way around, Kant thinks that some imp

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