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The doctrine of conservation and Free-Will defence

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  5. Theists have meant something like following as a definition of the DC: for any contingent thing X, X exists at a time t if and only if God brings it about at t that X exists.

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Jordan, J. The doctrine of conservation and Free-Will defence. SOPH 31, 59–64 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02772353

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