If God is identical to God’s act of creation as divine simplicity requires, does creation exist necessarily? And does God have the potential to have created another universe if he's purely actual? I cover these questions and more.

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The paper we're discussing is:

Schmid, J.C. Forthcoming. “The fruitful death of modal collapse arguments”. International Journal for Philosophy of Religion. Link: https://philpapers.org/rec/SCHTFD-5

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Does Modal Collapse Disprove Classical Theism? | (MoR No. 56)